Exhibit 99.1 (Chief Executive Officer)

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of Level 3  Communications,  Inc.
(the  "Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period ended  September 30, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),
I, James Q. Crowe, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. SS 1350, as adopted  pursuant to SS 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of
2002,  that:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Company.

/s/ James Q. Crowe
James Q. Crowe
Chief Executive Officer
November 14, 2002






                                          Exhibit 99.2 (Chief Financial Officer)


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of Level 3  Communications,  Inc.
(the  "Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period ended  September 30, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),
I, Sureel A. Choksi, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. SS 1350, as adopted pursuant to SS 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Company.

 /s/  Sureel A.  Choksi
Sureel A.  Choksi
Chief  Financial  Officer
November 14, 2002