EXHIBIT 24.1
 
                       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 and Robert S. Woodruff, 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 LCI
International, 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/ Roy A. Wilkens
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          Jordan L. Haines                           Roy A. Wilkens
 
Dated: April 9, 1998