EXHIBIT 99.2
       
                            [LOGO] LCI INTERNATIONAL(R)
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                                  WORLDWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS

                            
                         LCI INTERNATIONAL, INC.     
                        
                     SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS     
 
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                             FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1998 
                                10:30 A.M.     
                               
                            LCI INTERNATIONAL
                           4650 LAKEHURST COURT 
                            DUBLIN, OHIO 43016      
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                         LCI INTERNATIONAL, INC.     
   
  THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LCI
INTERNATIONAL, INC. (THE "COMPANY") IN CONNECTION WITH THE SPECIAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 1998 TO CONSIDER AND VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO
APPROVE THE MERGER OF THE COMPANY WITH QWEST 1998--L ACQUISITION CORP., A
WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC., AND TO
ADOPT THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF MARCH 8, 1998 RELATING
THERETO, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE "MERGER
AGREEMENT").     
   
  The undersigned hereby appoints H. Brian Thompson and James D. Heflinger,
officers of the Company, with full power of substitution, his or her proxy to
represent and vote, as designated below, all shares of the Company registered
in the name of the undersigned, with the powers the undersigned would possess
if personally present at the Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders to be
held at the Company's Operations Center at 4650 Lakehurst Court, Dublin, Ohio
43016, at 10:30 a.m., local time, on June 5, 1998, and at any postponement,
continuation or adjournment thereof, hereby revoking all proxies previously
given with respect to the Special Meeting.     
   
1.APPROVAL OF THE MERGER AND ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.     
 
                    [_] FOR     [_] AGAINST     [_] ABSTAIN
     
  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSAL.     
   
THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED HEREIN, OR IF NO
DIRECTION IS GIVEN, WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THE MERGER AND
ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.     
 
                                          Date:      , 1998
 
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                                          Signature
 
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                                          Signature if held jointly
 
                                          PLEASE DATE AND SIGN ABOVE exactly
                                          as name(s) appear on your share
                                          certificate, and return this proxy
                                          promptly in the envelope provided.
                                          Executors, administrators, trustees,
                                          guardians, etc., should indicate
                                          capacity when signing. For stock
                                          held in joint tenancy, each joint
                                          owner should sign.