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                                                                     EXHIBIT 15

           LETTER REGARDING UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION


To LCI International, Inc.:

We are aware that LCI International, Inc. has incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement its Form 10-Q or Form 10-Q/A for the quarters ending
March 31, 1996 and June 30, 1996, which includes our reports dated April 24,
1996 and July 24, 1996, respectively, covering the unaudited interim financial
information contained therein.  Pursuant to Regulation C of the Securities
Act of 1933, those reports are not considered a part of the registration
statement prepared or certified by our firm or reports prepared or certified by
our firm within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.


                                                     /S/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Washington, D.C.
 February 28, 1997