EXHIBIT 24
 
                       POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
 
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Qwest Communications
International Inc. (the "Company"), hereby severally constitute and appoint
Joseph P. Nacchio, Robert S. Woodruff and Richard L. Smith, and each of them
singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of
them singly, to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below, a
Registration Statement on a Form S-4 in connection with the transaction with
Phoenix Network, Inc. and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to
such Registration Statement and any abbreviated Registration Statement in
connection with such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and generally to do all things in our
names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable the Company to comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
  This power of attorney may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute
one and the same document.
 
        /s/ Philip F. Anschutz                     /s/ Joseph P. Nacchio
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          PHILIP F. ANSCHUTZ                         JOSEPH P. NACCHIO
 
 
         /s/ Cannon Y. Harvey                      /s/ Douglas L. Polson
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           CANNON Y. HARVEY                          DOUGLAS L. POLSON
 
 
          /s/ Craig D. Slater                    /s/ Richard T. Liebhaber
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            CRAIG D. SLATER                        RICHARD T. LIEBHABER
 
 
        /s/ Robert S. Woodruff                    /s/ W. Thomas Stephens
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          ROBERT S. WOODRUFF                        W. THOMAS STEPHENS
 
 
         /s/ Jordan L. Haines                      /s/ Richard L. Smith
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           JORDAN L. HAINES                          RICHARD L. SMITH