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EXHIBIT 23


                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement of U S WEST, Inc. on Forms S-3 (File Nos. 33-50047, 33-50047-01,
33-50049, 33-50049-01, 33-51427, 33-55289, and 33-56709 and on Forms S-8 (File
Nos. 33-43362, 33-56895, 33-55289, and 33-56709 of our report, which includes
an explanatory paragraph regarding the discontinuance of accounting for
operations of U S WEST Communications, Inc. in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Stardard No. 71, "Accounting for the Effects of Certain
Types of Regulation," in 1993, and a change in the method of accounting for
postretirement benefits other than pensions and other postemployment benefits
in 1992, dated January 18, 1995, on our audits of the consolidated financial
statements of U S WEST, Inc. (the "Company"), as of December 31, 1994 and 1993,
and for the three years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992, which report is
incorporated by reference from U S WEST Inc.'s 1994 Annual Report to
Shareowners. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report
dated January 18, 1995 on the related consolidated financial statement
schedules, which report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.



/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND LLP

COOPERS & LYBRAND LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 7, 1995