SELECTED CONSOLIDATED DATA U S WEST, INC. (UNAUDITED) As of and for the As of and for the Quarter Ended Year Ended December 31, % December 31, % 1999 1998 Change 1999 1998 Change - - --------------------- ---- ---- ------ ---- ---- ------ Access lines (thousands): Business 5,029 4,945 1.7 Consumer 11,980 11,656 2.8 ------ ------ Total access lines 17,009 16,601 2.5 ====== ====== Billed access minutes of use (millions): Interstate 15,647 15,059 3.9 61,854 58,927 5.0 Intrastate 3,397 3,160 7.5 13,022 12,366 5.3 ------ ------ ------ ------ Total minutes of use 19,044 18,219 4.5 74,876 71,293 5.0 ====== ====== ====== ====== Wireless/PCS: Revenues (millions) $ 78 $ 46 69.6 $ 236 $ 94 151.1 Subscribers (thousands) 466 185 151.9 ARPU (Dollars) $ 55 $ 53 3.8 Penetration 3.2% 1.4% 128.6 Data Revenues (millions): Frame Relay $ 49.5 $ 37.1 33.4 $ 176.4 $ 132.1 33.5 Private Line LAN Interconnect / ATM 38.7 32.0 20.9 148.0 124.4 19.0 ISDN 64.2 39.1 64.2 238.9 142.6 67.5 USW.Net/Megabit(DSL) 25.7 7.9 225.3 74.6 15.0 397.3 Other !NTERPRISE 73.4 40.3 82.1 209.5 119.3 75.6 ---- ---- ----- ----- Subtotal !NTERPRISE 251.5 156.4 60.8 847.4 533.4 58.9 Other Data (TMS, CVDS) 6.8 - - 14.6 - - Other Special Access & Private Line 228.0 201.0 13.4 864.7 755.3 14.5 ----- ----- ----- ----- Total Data Revenues $ 486.3 $357.4 36.1 $1,726.7 $1,288.7 34.0 ===== ===== ======= ======= Total Special Access and Private Line (#1) $ 316.2 $270.1 17.1 $1,189.1 $1,011.8 17.5 ===== ===== ======= ======= Additional Data Stats: XDSL Equipped Central Offices (C.O.) 244 N.A. Subscribers per XDSL Equipped C.O.'s 451 N.A. Employees: U S WEST, Inc. 58,272 54,483 7.0 Telephone operations only 46,352 46,310 0.1 Telephone empl per 10,000 access lines 27.3 27.9 (2.2) Dividends per common share $ 0.535 $ 0.535 - $ 2.355 $ 2.140 10.0 Common shares outstanding (millions) 506.3 502.9 0.7 Cap. expend (million) $ 1,399 $ 985 42.0 $ 4,218 $ 2,905 45.2 EBITDA (millions) (#2) 1,451 1,378 5.3 5,704 5,269 8.3 EBITDA margin 41.6% 42.0% (1.0) 43.3% 42.4% 2.1 Debt-to-capital ratio (#3) 60.0% 57.1% 5.1 <FN> <F1> # 1: Includes Frame Relay, Private Line LAN Interconnect and Other Special Access and Private Line revenues. <F2> # 2: Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and other (EBITDA). <F3> # 3: Telephone operations only. <F4> N.A. = Not Available </FN>