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, incorporated herein by reference, 
and of our report, dated February 24, 1998, pertaining to the related
consolidated financial statement schedule incorporated herein by reference, and
to the reference to our firm under the heading "EXPERTS" in the Registration
Statement.

                             KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Denver, Colorado
September 30, 1998