EXHIBIT 23.1


                         Consent of Independent Auditors


            The Board of Directors
            Qwest Communications International Inc.:

            We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post Effective
            Amendment No. 3 to Form S-4 Registration Statement (No. 333-81149)
            on Form S-8 Registration Statement of Qwest Communications
            International Inc. of our report dated February 2, 1999, relating to
            the consolidated balance sheet of Qwest Communications International
            Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998, and the related
            consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
            flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December
            31, 1998, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual
            report on Form 10-K of Qwest Communications International Inc.

                                                  /s/ KPMG LLP


            Denver, Colorado
            July 5, 2000