EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors
Qwest Communications International Inc.:
 
  We consent to the use of our report, dated February 24, 1998, except as to
note 22, which is as of March 8, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of Qwest Communications International Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1997, included herein, and of our report,
dated February 24, 1998, pertaining to the related consolidated financial
statement schedule included herein, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "EXPERTS" in the Registration Statement.
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Denver, Colorado
   
May 13, 1998