Registration Nos. 33-50049, 33-50049-01, 33-19226
and 33-19226-01
Filing under Rule 424(b)(3)
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 15 DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1995
(To Prospectus dated October 3, 1995, as supplemented by Prospectus
Supplements dated October 13, 1995 and November 1, 1995)
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED AS TO PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST BY
U S WEST, INC.
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Aggregate Principal Amount: $ 5,000,000
Settlement Date: November 30, 1995
Maturity: November 30, 2000
Coupon: 6.20%
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PURCHASE AS PRINCIPAL
This Pricing Supplement relates to $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of Notes that are being purchased, as principal, by Lehman Brothers Inc.
("Lehman Brothers") for resale to investors at varying prices relating to
prevailing market prices at the time of resale as determined by Lehman
Brothers. The net proceeds payable by Lehman Brothers to U S WEST Capital
Funding, Inc. ("Capital Funding") will be 99.5% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, or $4,975,000, before deduction of expenses payable by
Capital Funding. In connection with the sale of the Notes, Lehman Brothers
may be deemed to have received compensation in the form of underwriting
discounts in the amount of 0.5% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes, or $25,000.
