Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Qwest Communications International Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Qwest Communications International Inc. to be filed on or about June
22, 2000, 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.
KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
June 22, 2000
