Attached files

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EX-24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY - QWEST CORPdex24.htm
EX-12 - CALCULATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - QWEST CORPdex12.htm
EX-32 - CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 - QWEST CORPdex32.htm
EX-31.1 - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - QWEST CORPdex311.htm
EX-31.2 - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - QWEST CORPdex312.htm
10-K - FORM 10-K - QWEST CORPd10k.htm

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Qwest Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-3 (333-156101) of Qwest Corporation (the Company) of our report dated February 21, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Qwest Corporation as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholder’s (deficit) equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, which report appears in the December 31, 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Qwest Corporation.

KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

February 21, 2011