EX-23.1 3 a06-22258_1ex23d1.htm EX-23

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Qwest Communications International Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated February 16, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Qwest Communications International Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and our reports dated February 16, 2006 with respect to the related financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, incorporated herein by reference.

Our report on the consolidated balance sheets of Qwest Communications International Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005 refers to the Company’s adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.

KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado
October 31, 2006