QWEST CORP - FORM 10-K - EX-23 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - February 16, 2010

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10-K - FORM 10-K - QWEST CORPd10k.htm
EX-32 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO & CFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - QWEST CORPdex32.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - QWEST CORPdex312.htm
EX-12 - CALCULATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - QWEST CORPdex12.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - QWEST CORPdex311.htm
EX-24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY - QWEST CORPdex24.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 16, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Qwest Corporation as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholder’s equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, which report appears in the December 31, 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Qwest Corporation.

Our report with respect to the consolidated financial statements refers to the Company’s adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (Accounting Standards Codification 740), effective January 1, 2007.

KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

February 16, 2010

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