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Exhibit 4.2  

 QWEST CORPORATION  

  7.625% Notes due 2015  

Floating Rate Notes due 2013  

 

	

	
Third Supplemental Indenture
	

Dated as of June 17, 2005
	

  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee  

  

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS    
    

	 
	 	 
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ARTICLE ONE

THE NOTES
	

Section 1.01.	
 	

Designation of Notes	
 	

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	Section 1.02.	 	Other Terms of the Notes	 	2
	

ARTICLE TWO

MISCELLANEOUS
	

Section 2.01.	
 	

Amendment and Supplement	
 	

2
	Section 2.02.	 	Indenture	 	2
	Section 2.03.	 	Governing Law	 	2
	Section 2.04.	 	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	 	3
	Section 2.05.	 	Successors and Assigns	 	3
	Section 2.06.	 	Duplicate Originals	 	3
	Section 2.07.	 	Severability	 	3

Exhibits  

	Exhibit A	 	—	 	Form of Fixed Rate Note
	Exhibit A-1	 	—	 	Form of Certificate to be delivered in connection with transfers pursuant to Temporary Regulation S Global Note
	Exhibit A-2	 	—	 	Form of Certificate to be delivered in connection with transfers pursuant to Regulation S
	Exhibit B	 	—	 	Form of Floating Rate Note
	Exhibit B-1	 	—	 	Form of Certificate to be delivered in connection with transfers pursuant to Temporary Regulation S Global Note
	Exhibit B-2	 	—	 	Form of Certificate to be delivered in connection with transfers pursuant to Regulation S

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        THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of June 17, 2005 (this "Supplemental Indenture") by and between QWEST CORPORATION, a Colorado
corporation (formerly known as U S WEST Communications, Inc.) (the "Company"), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee under the Indenture
(as defined below) with respect to the Notes (as defined below) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture (as defined below)
and the Second Supplemental Indenture (as defined below). The Trustee, and each other trustee appointed as such with respect to the Securities of any series issued under the Indenture, shall be the
"Trustee" (as defined in the Indenture, as supplemented hereby) for all purposes under the Indenture with respect to the applicable series of Securities but, for the avoidance of doubt, not with
respect to any series of Securities for which such Trustee has not been appointed trustee under the terms of the Indenture and/or any supplement thereto). 

        Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Notes: 

        WHEREAS,
the Company and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, National Association), are parties to that certain Indenture
dated as of October 15, 1999 (the "Base Indenture,"and as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and
this Third Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture") providing for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities
("Securities") to be issued in one or more series; 

        WHEREAS,
the Company and the Trustee are parties to the First Supplemental Indenture (the "First Supplemental Indenture") dated as of
August 19, 2004, providing for the issuance by the Company of a series of Securities, designated as its 7.875% Notes due 2011 (the "August
Notes"), in an aggregate principal amount of $575,000,000. 

        WHEREAS,
the Company and the Trustee are parties to the Second Supplemental Indenture (the "Second Supplemental Indenture") dated as of
November 23, 2004, providing for the issuance by the Company of Additional Notes of its series of Securities designated as its 7.875% Notes due 2011 (the "November
Notes"), in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000. 

        WHEREAS,
the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and provide for the issuance by
the Company of a series of Securities, designated as its 7.625% Notes due 2015 (the "Fixed Rate Notes") in an initial aggregate principal amount of
$400,000,000 and Floating Rate Notes due 2013 (the "Floating Rate Notes") in an initial aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 (together, the  "Notes").
The Fixed Rate Notes shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A,
and the Floating Rate Notes shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. 

        WHEREAS,
Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any Series as permitted by Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture; 

        WHEREAS,
the conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with; and 

        WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement
to, the Indenture have been done. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and 

 

ratable
benefit of the Holders, that the Indenture is supplemented and amended, to the extent expressed herein, as follows: 

ARTICLE ONE  

 THE NOTES  

Section 1.01.    Designation of Notes.    

        The
changes, modifications and supplements to the Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of the Notes, which
shall not be limited in aggregate principal amount, and shall not apply to any other Securities that have been or may be issued under the Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such
other Securities
specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. Pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, there is hereby created and designated a series of Securities under the Indenture
entitled "7.625% Notes due June 15, 2015" and a series of Securities entitled "Floating Rate Notes due June 15, 2013." The Fixed Rate Notes shall be in the form of  Exhibit A hereto, and
the Floating Rate Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
The Notes may bear an appropriate legend regarding original issue discount for federal income tax purposes. Subject to the terms in the Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the
Company may, at its option, without consent from the Holders, issue additional Notes from time to time. For all purposes under the Indenture, the term "Notes" shall include the Notes initially issued
on the date of original issuance of the Notes and any other Notes issued after such date under the Indenture, as supplemented hereby. 

Section 1.02.    Other Terms of the Notes.    

        Without
limiting the foregoing provisions of this Article One, the terms of the Fixed Rate Notes shall be as set forth in the forms of Fixed Rate Note set forth in  Exhibit A hereto and as provided in the
Indenture, and the terms of the Floating Rate Notes shall be as set forth in the forms of Floating Rate
Note set forth in Exhibit B hereto and as provided in the Indenture. 

        The
Notes shall be payable and may be presented for payment, purchase, conversion, registration of transfer and exchange, without service charge, at the office of the Company maintained
for such purpose in New York, New York, which shall initially be the office or agency of the Trustee. 

ARTICLE TWO  

 MISCELLANEOUS  

Section 2.01.    Amendment and Supplement.    

        This
Supplemental Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided for in the Indenture. 

Section 2.02.    Indenture.    

        In
the event of any conflict between this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall prevail. 

Section 2.03.    Governing Law.    

        The
laws of the State of New York shall govern this Supplemental Indenture and the Securities of the Series created hereby. 

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Section 2.04.    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.    

        This
Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be
used to interpret this Supplemental Indenture. 

Section 2.05.    Successors and Assigns.    

        All
covenants and agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental
Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns. 

Section 2.06.    Duplicate Originals.    

        This
Supplemental Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one instrument. 

Section 2.07.    Severability.    

        In
case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. 

[Signature
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SIGNATURES    
    

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written. 

	 	 	QWEST CORPORATION
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 	 	 	Title:

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   Exhibit A  

        [THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF
A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 

        UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 

        EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.15 OF THE INDENTURE, TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR
TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE
INDENTURE.](a) 

	(a)
	This
legend to appear only on Global Notes. 

        THE
NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 

        [THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS
TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE NOR ANY 

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INTEREST
HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. 

        NO
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.](a) 

	(a)
	This
legend to appear only on Temporary Regulation S Global Notes. 

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	No. [    ]	 	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
	CUSIP No. [                        ]	 	$[                        ]

QWEST CORPORATION

7.625% Note due 2015 

        QWEST
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, being herein called the "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal
sum of [                        ] DOLLARS ($
[                        ]) (or such lesser amount as shall be listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note
attached hereto) on June 15, 2015 (the "Maturity Date"), unless previously redeemed on any redemption date, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds of such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts and to pay interest thereon
semiannually on each June 15 and December 15, commencing [                        ] (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), and
on the Maturity Date at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note, from [                        ] (or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for) until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall default in the payment of interest due on any
Interest Payment Date, then this Note shall bear interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid on this Note
or duly provided for, from [                        ]. The interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date, subject to certain
exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to herein,
will be paid to the person in whose name this Note shall be registered at the close of business on each June 1 and December 1 immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date, Maturity
Date or redemption date. If any Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or redemption date is a Legal Holiday (as defined in the Indenture) in New York, New York, the required payment shall be made on
the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday as if it was made on the date such payment was due and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, to such next succeeding day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 

        This
Note is one of the duly authorized series of Securities of the Company, designated as the Company's "7.625% Notes due 2015" (the
"Notes"), initially limited to the aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
October 15, 1999 between the Company and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.), as supplemented by the First
Supplemental
Indenture dated as of August 19, 2004 by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), the Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 23, 2004 between the Company and the Trustee and a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 17, 2005 between the Company and the Trustee,
as such may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (as so amended, modified or supplemented, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture and
all Indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the
Holders (the words "Holders" or "Holder" meaning the registered holders or registered holder of the
Notes). Exchange Notes (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below) shall be deemed to be of the same series as the Notes for purposes of the Indenture. 

        Pursuant
to, but subject to the exceptions in, the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June17, 2005 among the Company and the Initial Purchasers named therein (as the same may be
amended from time to time, the "Registration Rights Agreement"), the Company shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate
an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder 

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of
this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for a 7.625% Note due June 15, 2015 of the Company which shall have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in like
principal amount and having terms identical in all material respects to this Note (except that such Note shall not be entitled to Additional Interest (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
and shall not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions). Holders shall be entitled to receive certain Additional Interest in the event of a Registration Default (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement. Any Additional Interest due will be payable in cash on the next succeeding
June 15 or December 15, as the case may be, to Holders on the relevant regular record dates for the payment of interest. The Company shall promptly provide the Trustee with notice of any
change in the interest rate borne by this Note.(a) 

	(a)
	This
paragraph not to appear on Exchange Notes. 

        The
Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum, as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), of the present values of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed
and the remaining scheduled payments of interest on the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed from the redemption date to June 15, 2015 (excluding interest accrued to the redemption
date) (the "Remaining Life"), discounted from their respective scheduled payment dates to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a
360-day year consisting of 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 50 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued interest thereon to the date of
redemption. 

        If
money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all of the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Trustee or
paying agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions specified in the Indenture are satisfied, then on and after such redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes
(or such portion thereof) called for redemption. 

        "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to
the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity with
the Remaining Life as of the applicable redemption date. "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, the average of two Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
redemption date. 

        "Quotation Agent" means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company. 

        "Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. and their successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing ceases to
be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City, the Company will substitute therefor another primary U.S. Government securities dealer. 

        "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as
determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date. 

        "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue, calculated on the third business day preceding such redemption date using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. 

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        Notice
of any redemption will be mailed not less than 15 nor more than 60 calendar days before the redemption date to the Holder hereof at its registered address. Unless the Company
defaults in
payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease on the principal amount of this Note. 

        In
case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable in the manner, with the effect
and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. 

        The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each
series affected by a supplemental indenture (with each series voting as a class), to enter into a supplemental indenture to add any provisions to or to change or eliminate any provisions of the
Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or to modify, in each case in any manner not covered by provisions in the Indenture relating to amendments and waivers without the consent of Holders, the
rights of the Holders of each such series. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected by such waiver (with each series voting as a class), by
notice to the Trustee may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of the Indenture, any supplemental indenture or the Securities of any such series, except a Default in payment of the
principal of or interest on any Security. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not: (1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment or waiver; (2) change the rate or the time for payment of interest on any Security; (3) change the principal or the fixed maturity of any Security; (4) waive a Default
in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Security; (5) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security; or (6) make any change in the
provisions of the Indenture (i) with respect to the rights of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Securities, by notice to the Trustee, to waive an existing Default
with respect to that series and its consequences; (ii) with respect to the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Security, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in the Security, the right of any Holder of a coupon to receive payment of interest due as provided in such coupon, or the right to bring suit for enforcement of any
such payments on or after their respective dates; and (iii) described in this sentence. 

        No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. 

        No
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Note or the Indenture or for any claim based
on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration
for the issue of this Note. 

        The
laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note. 

        Ownership
of this Note shall be proved by the register for the Notes kept by the Registrar. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company may treat the person in whose name a
Note is registered as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes. 

        Terms
used herein without definition that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

        Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with
right of 

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survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

        Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee
may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 

        Unless
the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized
officers, or on behalf of the Trustee by the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee's authenticating agent, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or by facsimile, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted
herein. 

	        Date: [                        ]
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	QWEST CORPORATION
	(SEAL)	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 	 	 	Title:

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION  

        This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein, issued under the Indenture described herein. 

	 	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT FORM  

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

Please
insert social security number or other identifying number of assignee: 

 

Please
print or type name and address (including zip code) of assignee: 

the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                        attorney to transfer
said Note of Qwest Corporation on the books of Qwest Corporation, with
full power of substitution in the premises. 

 

Dated:                                       
  

        NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever. 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
  OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER    
    

        This certificate relates to $            principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space)
            book-entry or
            definitive form by the undersigned. 

        The
undersigned (Check one box below); 

        / /
has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Note held by the Depository a Note or Notes in definitive, registered
form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Note (or the portion thereof indicated above); or 

        / /
has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes. 

        In
connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities
Act, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms: 

        CHECK
ONE BOX BELOW 

        / /    (1)    to
the Company; or 

        / /    (2)    inside
the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; or 

        / /    (3)    outside
the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of
Regulation S under the Securities Act; or 

        / /    (4)    pursuant
to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if available), or 

        / /    (5)    to
an institutional accredited investor in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or 

        / /    (6)    pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. 

        Unless
one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof;
provided, however, that if box (4) or (5) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other
information as the Company and the Trustee has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. 

	Date:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	

	 	 	 	 	SIGNATURE OR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE: NOTICE: Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF BOX (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED. 

        The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
any such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A
and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it
is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim this exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. 

	Dated:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 
	

 NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer	
 	

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE    
    

        The
following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 

	Principal amount of this Global Note as of [            ]
 
	 	Date Exchange Made
	 	Change in Principal Amount of this Global Note due to Exchange
	 	Principal Amount of this Global Note Following such Exchange
	 	Notation made by or on behalf of the Company

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

A-11

  

Exhibit A-1  

 
 

Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
  in Connection with Transfers
  of Temporary Regulation S Global Notes    
    

[            ],
[    ] 

U.S.
Bank National Association

950 17th Street, Suite 300

Denver, Colorado 80202

Attention: Corporate Trust Department 

	Re:
	Qwest
Corporation (the "Issuer")

7.625% Notes due 2015 (the "Notes") 

Dear
Sirs: 

        This
letter relates to U.S. $[                        ] aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by a certificate (the
"Legended
Certificate") which bears a legend outlining restrictions upon transfer of such Legended Certificate. Pursuant to Section 3.03(b) of the First Supplemental Indenture
(the "Supplemental Indenture") dated as of August 19, 2004 relating to the Notes, we hereby certify that we are (or we will hold such securities
on behalf of) a person outside the United States (or to an Initial Purchaser (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture)) to whom the Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of
Regulation S promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

        You,
as Trustee, the Company, counsel for the Company and others are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Capitalized terms used but not independently defined in this letter have the
meanings set forth in Regulation S. 

	 	 	Very truly yours,
	

 	
 	

[Name of Holder]
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Authorized Signature

A-1-1

 
Exhibit A-2  

 
 

Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
  in Connection with Transfers
  Pursuant to Regulation S    
    

[            ],
[    ] 

U.S.
Bank National Association

950 17th Street, Suite 300

Denver, Colorado 80202

Attention: Corporate Trust Department 

	Re:
	Qwest
Corporation (the "Issuer")

7.625% Notes due 2015 (the "Notes") 

Ladies
and Gentlemen: 

        In
connection with our proposed sale of $[                        ] aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such
sale has been effected pursuant to and in
accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and, accordingly, we represent that: 

        (1)   the
offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States; 

        (2)   either
(a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed
that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person
acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States; 

        (3)   no
directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S,
as applicable; 

        (4)   the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and 

        (5)   we
have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes. 

        You,
as Trustee, the Issuer, counsel for the Issuer and others are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in
Regulation S. 

	 	 	Very truly yours,
	

 	
 	

[Name of Transferor]
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	
 Authorized Signatory

A-2-1

   Exhibit B  

        [THIS
NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY OR A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 

        UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 

        EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.15 OF THE INDENTURE, TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR
TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE INDENTURE.](a) 

	(a)
	This
legend to appear only on Global Notes. 

        THE
NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 

        [THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS
TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE NOR ANY 

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INTEREST
HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. 

        NO
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED
CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.](a) 

	(a)
	This
legend to appear only on Temporary Regulation S Global Notes. 

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	No. [    ]

CUSIP No. [            ]	 	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

$[            ]

QWEST CORPORATION

Floating Rate Note due 2013 

        QWEST
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, being herein called the "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal
sum of [                        ] DOLLARS ($
[                        ]) (or such lesser amount as shall be listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note
attached hereto) on June 15, 2013 (the "Maturity Date"), by wire transfer of immediately available funds of such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts and to pay interest thereon quarterly in arrears on each March 15, June 15,
September 15 and December 15, commencing [                        ] (each, an "Interest Payment
Date"), and on the Maturity
Date at the rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus 3.25%, as determined by the Calculation Agent, from
[                        ] (or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for) until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall default in the
payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date, then this Note shall bear interest from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid on this Note or duly provided for, from
[                        ].
The interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to herein, will be paid to the person in whose name this Note shall be registered
at the close of business on each March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 immediately prior to such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date. If any Interest Payment Date
or Maturity Date or redemption date is a Legal Holiday (as defined in the Indenture) in New York, New York, the required payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday as
if it was made on the date such payment was due and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date or redemption date, as
the case may be, to such next succeeding day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 

        "Determination
Date," with respect to an Interest Period, will be the second London Banking Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period. 

        "Interest
Period" means the period commencing on and including an interest payment date and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding interest payment
date, with the exception that the first Interest Period shall commence on and include the Issue Date with respect to this Note and end on and include [            ]. 

        "LIBOR,"
with respect to an Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period beginning on the second London
Banking Day after the Determination Date that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If Telerate Page 3750 does not include such a rate or is
unavailable on a Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to
provide such bank's offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank
market for deposits in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars for a six-month period beginning on the second London Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such offered
quotations are so provided, the rate for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, the Calculation Agent will request each
of three major banks in New York City, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank's rate (expressed as a 

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percentage
per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Determination Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a
six-month period beginning on the second London Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so provided, the rate for the Interest Period will be the
arithmetic mean of such rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided, then the rate for the Interest Period will be the rate in effect with respect to the immediately preceding Interest Period. 

        "London
Banking Day" is any day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be transacted in the London interbank market. 

        "Representative
Amount" means a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 for a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time. 

        "Telerate
Page 3750" means the display designated as "Page 3750" on the Moneyline Telerate service (or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service). 

        The
amount of interest for each day that this Note is outstanding (the "Daily Interest Amount") will be calculated by dividing the interest rate in effect for such day by 360 and
multiplying the result by the principal amount of this Note. The amount of interest to be paid on this Note for each Interest Period will be calculated by adding the Daily Interest Amounts for each
day in the Interest Period. 

        All
percentages resulting from any of the above calculations will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one-millionths of a percentage point being rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)) and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such
calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards). 

        The
interest rate on this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. 

        The
Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the holder of any Floating Rate Note, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect to this Note. All calculations made by the
Calculation Agent in the absence of manifest error will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company, the Guarantors and the holders of this Note. 

        This
Note is one of the duly authorized series of Securities of the Company, designated as the Company's "Floating Rate Notes due 2013" (the
"Notes"), initially limited to the aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
October 15, 1999 between the Company and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.), as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 19, 2004 by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), the
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 23, 2004 by and between the Company and the Trustee and a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 17, 2005 by and between the
Company and the Trustee, as such may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (as so amended, modified or supplemented, the "Indenture"),
to which Indenture and all Indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders (the words
"Holders" or "Holder" meaning the registered holders or registered holder of the Notes). Exchange Notes
(as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below) shall be deemed to be of the same series as the Notes for purposes of the Indenture. 

        Pursuant
to, but subject to the exceptions in, the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 17, 2005 among the Company and the Initial Purchasers named therein (as the same
may be amended from time to time, the "Registration Rights Agreement"), the Company shall be obligated to 

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use
its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for a Floating Rate Note due 2013 of the
Company which shall have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in like principal amount and having terms identical in all material respects to this Note (except that such Note
shall not be entitled to Additional Interest (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and shall not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions). Holders shall be entitled to receive
certain Additional Interest in the event of a Registration Default (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.
Any Additional Interest due will be payable in cash on the next succeeding March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15, as the case may be, to Holders on the relevant
regular record dates for the payment of interest. The Company shall promptly provide the Trustee with notice of any change in the interest rate borne by this Note.(a) 

	(a)
	This
paragraph not to appear on Exchange Notes. 

        This
Note is not redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and is not subject to any sinking fund. 

        In
case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable in the manner, with the effect
and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. 

        The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each
series affected by a supplemental indenture (with each series voting as a class), to enter into a supplemental indenture to add any provisions to or to change or eliminate any provisions of the
Indenture or of any supplemental
indenture or to modify, in each case in any manner not covered by provisions in the Indenture relating to amendments and waivers without the consent of Holders, the rights of the Holders of each such
series. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected by such waiver (with each series voting as a class), by notice to the Trustee may waive
compliance by the Company with any provision of the Indenture, any supplemental indenture or the Securities of any such series, except a Default in payment of the principal of or interest on any
Security. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not: (1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment or waiver;
(2) change the rate or the time for payment of interest on any Security; (3) change the principal or the fixed maturity of any Security; (4) waive a Default in the payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Security; (5) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security; or (6) make any change in the provisions of the
Indenture (i) with respect to the rights of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of Securities, by notice to the Trustee, to waive an existing Default with respect to
that series and its consequences; (ii) with respect to the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Security, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in the Security, the right of any Holder of a coupon to receive payment of interest due as provided in such coupon, or the right to bring suit for enforcement of any such payments on
or after their respective dates; and (iii) described in this sentence. 

        No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. 

        No
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Note or the Indenture or for any claim based
on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, waives and 

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releases
all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of this Note. 

        The
laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note. 

        Ownership
of this Note shall be proved by the register for the Notes kept by the Registrar. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company may treat the person in whose name a
Note is registered as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes. 

        Terms
used herein without definition that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

        Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with
right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

        Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee
may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 

        Unless
the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized
officers, or on behalf of the Trustee by the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee's authenticating agent, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or by facsimile, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted
herein. 

        Date:
[                        ] 

	 	 	QWEST CORPORATION
	(SEAL)	 	 	 
	

 	
 	

By:	

 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

By:	

 Name:

Title:

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION  

        This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein, issued under the Indenture described herein. 

	 	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	

 	
 	

By:	

 Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT FORM  

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 

Please
insert social security number or other identifying number of assignee: 

        Please
print or type name and address (including zip code) of assignee: 

the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                        attorney to transfer
said Note of Qwest Corporation on the books of Qwest Corporation, with
full power of substitution in the premises. 

	Dated:	 	 
	 	 	

        NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever. 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
  OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER    
    

        This certificate relates to $            principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space)
            book-entry or
            definitive form by the undersigned. 

        The
undersigned (Check one box below); 

        / /
has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Note held by the Depository a Note or Notes in definitive, registered
form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Note (or the portion thereof indicated above); or 

        / /
has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes. 

        In
connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities
Act, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms: 

        CHECK
ONE BOX BELOW 

/ /    (1)    to
the Company; or 

/ /    (2)    inside
the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) that purchases for its own account
or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; or 

/ /    (3)    outside
the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under
the Securities Act; or 

/ /    (4)    pursuant
to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if available), or 

/ /    (5)    to
an institutional accredited investor in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or 

/ /    (6)    pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. 

        Unless
one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof;
provided, however, that if box (4) or (5) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other
information as the Company and the Trustee has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. 

	Date:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	
 SIGNATURE OR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:

NOTICE: Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF BOX (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED. 

        The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
any such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A
and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it
is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim this exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. 

	Dated:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
 NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer	 	 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE    
    

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

	Principal amount of this Global Note as of [            ]
	 	Date Exchange Made
	 	Change in Principal Amount of this Global Note due to Exchange
	 	Principal Amount of this Global Note Following such Exchange
	 	Notation made by or on behalf of the Company

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT B-1  

 
  Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
  in Connection with Transfers
  of Temporary Regulation S Global Notes    
    

[            ],
[    ] 

U.S.
Bank National Association

950 17th Street, Suite 300

Denver, Colorado 80202

Attention: Corporate Trust Department 

	Re:
	Qwest
Corporation (the "Issuer")

Floating Rate Notes due 2013 (the "Notes") 

Dear
Sirs: 

        This
letter relates to U.S. $[                        ] aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by a certificate (the
"Legended
Certificate") which bears a legend outlining restrictions upon
transfer of such Legended Certificate. Pursuant to Section 3.03(b) of the First Supplemental Indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture") dated as of
August 19, 2004 relating to the Notes, we hereby certify that we are (or we will hold such securities on behalf of) a person outside the United States (or to an Initial Purchaser (as defined in
the Supplemental Indenture)) to whom the Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

        You,
as Trustee, the Company, counsel for the Company and others are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Capitalized terms used but not independently defined in this letter have the
meanings set forth in Regulation S. 

	 	 	Very truly yours,
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Name of Holder]
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	
 Authorized Signature

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EXHIBIT B-2  

 
  Form of Certificate To Be Delivered
  in Connection with Transfers
  Pursuant to Regulation S    
    

[            ],
[    ] 

U.S.
Bank National Association

950 17th Street, Suite 300

Denver, Colorado 80202

Attention: Corporate Trust Department 

	Re:
	Qwest
Corporation (the "Issuer")

Floating Rate Notes due 2013 (the "Notes") 

Ladies
and Gentlemen: 

        In
connection with our proposed sale of $[                        ] aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such
sale has been effected pursuant to and in
accordance with
Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and, accordingly, we represent that: 

	(1)
	the
offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;

	(2)
	either
(a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the
transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on
our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;

	(3)
	no
directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

	(4)
	the
transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

	(5)
	we
have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes. 

        You,
as Trustee, the Issuer, counsel for the Issuer and others are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any
interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in
Regulation S. 

	 	 	Very truly yours,
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Name of Transferor]
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	
 Authorized Signatory

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Exhibit 4.3  

 

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

71/2% Senior Notes due 2014, Series B

Second Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of June 23, 2005

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee with respect to such series of Securities as shall be designated from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof

 

  

 
 

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	ARTICLE I.

  

THE 71/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2014-SERIES B
	

SECTION 1.01.	
 	

Designation of Notes	
 	

2
	SECTION 1.02.	 	Other Terms of the Notes	 	2
	

ARTICLE II.

 

APPOINTMENT OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	

SECTION 2.01.	
 	

Appointment of U.S. Bank National Association	
 	

2
	SECTION 2.02.	 	Acceptance of Trustee	 	2
	SECTION 2.03.	 	Qualification of Trustee	 	3
	SECTION 2.04.	 	Notice	 	3
	

ARTICLE III.

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE
	

SECTION 3.01.	
 	

Amendments to the Indenture	
 	

3
	

ARTICLE IV.

 

MISCELLANEOUS
	

SECTION 4.01.	
 	

Amendment and Supplement	
 	

3
	SECTION 4.02.	 	Indenture	 	3
	SECTION 4.03.	 	Governing Law	 	3
	SECTION 4.04.	 	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	 	3
	SECTION 4.05.	 	Successors and Assigns	 	4
	SECTION 4.06.	 	Duplicate Originals	 	4
	SECTION 4.07.	 	Severability	 	4

Exhibits  

	EXHIBIT A	 	—	 	FORM OF 2014 NOTE
	EXHIBIT B	 	—	 	FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION TO TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
	EXHIBIT C	 	—	 	FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION TO TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
	EXHIBIT D	 	—	 	FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFER TO INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS
	EXHIBIT E	 	—	 	FORM OF GUARANTEE

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        SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of June 23, 2005 (this "Supplemental Indenture") by and among QWEST COMMUNICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors named in the Base Indenture (as defined below) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as trustee with respect to the Offered Notes (as defined below) (the "Trustee"). The Trustee, and each other trustee appointed as such with
respect to the Securities of any series issued under the Indenture (as defined below), shall be the "Trustee" (as defined in the Indenture, as supplemented hereby) for all purposes under the Indenture
with respect to the applicable series of Securities but, for the avoidance of doubt, not with respect to any series of Securities for which such Trustee has not been appointed trustee under the terms
of the Indenture and/or any supplement thereto). 

        Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Notes: 

        WHEREAS,
the Company and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, are parties to that certain Indenture dated as of February 5, 2004 (the "Base
Indenture,") as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee dated as of June 17, 2005 (the
"First Supplemental Indenture"), as further amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture (as amended and supplemented, the
"Indenture") providing for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities ("Securities") to be
issued in one or more series. 

        WHEREAS,
the Company has previously issued under the Indenture a series of Securities, designated as its 71/2% Senior Notes due 2014 in an aggregate principal amount of
$500,000,000 (the "February Notes"), and an additional $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 71/2% Notes due 2014, Series B
(the "Initial Notes"). 

        WHEREAS,
the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and provide for an issuance by
the Company of an additional $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 71/2% Notes due 2014, Series B (the "Additional Series B
Notes," and together with the Initial Notes, the "Offered Notes," and together with the February Notes, the  "Notes"). The
Additional Series B Notes shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as  Exhibit A. 

        WHEREAS,
Section 10.01 of the Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders to establish
the form or terms of Additional Notes as permitted by Section 2.15 of the Indenture; 

        WHEREAS,
the conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with; 

        WHEREAS,
the Company desires to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment of the Trustee as Trustee for the Offered Notes; and 

        WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment
of, and supplement to, the Indenture have been done. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and 

 

ratable
benefit of the Holders, that the Indenture is supplemented and amended, to the extent expressed herein, as follows: 

 
 

ARTICLE I.
  
    THE 7 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2014—SERIES B    
    

        SECTION
1.01.    Designation of Notes.    

        The
changes, modifications and supplements to the Indenture of this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Additional
Series B Notes, which shall not be limited in aggregate principal amount, and shall not apply to any other Securities that have been or may be issued under the Indenture unless a supplemental
indenture with respect to such other Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. Pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, there is hereby designated an additional
$200 million aggregate principal amount of the series of Notes under the Indenture entitled "71/2% Senior Notes due February 15,
2014—"Series B". The Additional Series B Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Additional Series B Notes
may bear an appropriate legend regarding original issue discount for federal income tax purposes. Subject to the terms in the Indenture, the Company may, at its option, without consent from the
Holders, issue additional Notes from time to time. For all purposes under the Indenture, the term "Notes" shall include the February Notes, the Initial Notes, the Additional Series B Notes and
any other Notes issued after such date under the Indenture. 

        SECTION
1.02.    Other Terms of the Notes.    

        Without
limiting the foregoing provisions of this Article One, the terms of the Offered Notes shall be as set forth in the forms of Note set forth in  Exhibit A hereto and as provided in the Base Indenture,
as supplemented hereby. 

        The
Offered Notes shall be payable and may be presented for payment, purchase, conversion, registration of transfer and exchange, without service charge, at the office of the Company
maintained for such purpose in New York, New York, which shall initially be the office or agency of the Trustee. 

 
 

ARTICLE II.
  
    APPOINTMENT OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION    
    

        SECTION
2.01.    Appointment of U.S. Bank National Association.    

        The
Company hereby appoints the Trustee as trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Additional Series B Notes and each other series of Securities for which the Trustee
shall be appointed by the Company pursuant to the Indenture, to act as Trustee under the Indenture, and confirms to the Trustee all of the rights, powers, and trusts of a Trustee under the Indenture
with respect to the Offered Notes and each other series of Securities for which the Trustee shall be appointed by the Company to act as Trustee under the Indenture. The Company shall execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such other things as the Trustee may reasonably require to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in the Trustee all the rights, trusts, and powers hereby
delivered and confirmed upon the Trustee hereunder and under the Indenture. 

        SECTION
2.02.    Acceptance of Trustee.    

        The
Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as trustee with respect to the Additional Series B Notes and shall hereby be vested with all of the authority, rights, powers, trusts,
immunities, duties, benefits and obligations of a Trustee under the Indenture. 

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        SECTION
2.03.    Qualification of Trustee.    

        The
Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Company that the Trustee is qualified under the provisions of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and
Section 7.10 of the Indenture to act as trustee with respect to the Additional Series B Notes under the Indenture. 

        SECTION
2.04.    Notice.    

        Any
notice or communications by the Trustee is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by certified mail to: 

U.S.
Bank National Association

950 17th Street, Suite 300

Denver, CO 80202

Attn: Corporate Trust Services 

 
 

ARTICLE III.
  
    AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE    
    

        SECTION
3.01.    Amendments to the Indenture.    

        Pursuant
to Section 10.01(a) and (f) of the Base Indenture, the Indenture is hereby amended as follows: 

        (a)   in
the definition of "Permitted Collateral Liens" in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, the words "and the QSC guaranty of the Offered Notes" shall be added at
the end of Clause (2); 

        (b)   in
the definition of "Reference Treasury Dealer" in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, the words "Banc of America Securities LLC," shall be removed and the words
"Deutsche Bank Securities Inc." shall replace the words "UBS Warburg LLC"; and 

        (c)   in
the definition of "Termination Event" in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, the words "the Offered Notes or" shall appear before the words "Indebtedness
secured by a lien" and after the words "other than." 

 
 

ARTICLE IV.
  
    MISCELLANEOUS    
    

        SECTION
4.01.    Amendment and Supplement.    

        This
Supplemental Indenture or the Offered Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided for in the Indenture. 

        SECTION
4.02.    Indenture.    

        In
the event of any conflict between this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall prevail. 

        SECTION
4.03.    Governing Law.    

        The
laws of the State of New York shall govern this Supplemental Indenture and the Securities of the Series created hereby. 

        SECTION
4.04.    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.    

        This
Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be
used to interpret this Supplemental Indenture. 

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        SECTION
4.05.    Successors and Assigns.    

        All
covenants and agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental
Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns. 

        SECTION
4.06.    Duplicate Originals.    

        This
Supplemental Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one instrument. 

        SECTION
4.07.    Severability.    

        In
case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. 

[Signature
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SIGNATURES    
    

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written. 

	

 	
 	

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

QWEST SERVICES CORPORATION

QWEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    
 Name:

Title:

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   EXHIBIT A-1  

[FORM
OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE] 

[GLOBAL
NOTES LEGEND](a) 

	(a)
	Include
only on Notes issued in global form 

        UNLESS
AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR
BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN. 

[RESTRICTED
NOTES LEGEND] 

        THE
NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 

        [THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"). NEITHER THIS
TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. 

        NO
BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.](a) 

	(a)
	This
legend to appear only on Temporary Regulation S Global Notes. 

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        THIS
NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTE BY SUBMITTING A REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO
THE COMPANY AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, DENVER, CO 80802, ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 

71/2%
SENIOR NOTE DUE 2014, Series B 

	No.	 	CUSIP No.
	 	 	$                    

        QWEST
COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to            , or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
            in U.S. Dollars on February 15, 2014. 

        Interest
Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15 

        Record
Dates: February 1 and August 1 

        Additional
provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note. 

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	 	 	QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.	 	 
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    
 Name:

Title:	
 	

 

	Dated:	 	 
	

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION	
 	

 
	

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the

Notes referred to in the Indenture.	
 	

[Seal]
	

by	
 	

    
 Authorized Signatory	
 	

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE]
  
    7 1/2% Senior Note due 2014, Series B    
    

1.    Interest    

        QWEST
COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount
of this Note at the rate per annum shown above and shall pay Additional Interest, if any, payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration Rights
Agreement") dated June 23, 2005 by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (as such is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). 

        The
Company will pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year commencing on
August 15, 2005. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from June 17, 2005. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the
rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. 

2.    Method of Payment    

        The
Company will pay interest (except defaulted interest) on and Additional Interest, if any, in respect of this Note to the Persons who are registered holders of this Note at the close
of business on the 1st of February and the 1st of August immediately preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date.
Holders must surrender this Note to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal and interest by check payable in such money or by wire transfer of federal funds. 

3.    Paying Agent and Registrar    

        Initially,
U.S. Bank National Association (the "Trustee") will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar. 

4.    Indenture    

        This
Note is issued under an Indenture dated as of February 5, 2004, among the Company, the Guarantors and the J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association (the
"Base Indenture"), as amended and supplemented by a first supplemental indenture among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee dated as of
June 17, 2005 (the "First Supplemental Indenture") and a second supplemental indenture among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee dated as
of June 23, 2005 (the "Second Supplemental Indenture" and together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the
"Indenture"). This Note is part of the series of the 71/2% Senior Notes due 2014-Series B originally issued on
June 17, 2005 (the "Initial Notes"), and this Note is being issued as part of an issuance of Additional Notes under the Indenture. Additional
Notes of the same or a different series may be issued in an unlimited amount subject to compliance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture. For purposes of this Note, references to the Notes include
the Initial Notes, Additional Notes and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Initial Notes and Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. However, to the extent provided in the Indenture, all
Initial Notes, Additional Notes and Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor will be considered together part of a single series of Notes and may be considered a part of a single class of Notes with
the February Notes and any Additional Notes issued under the Indenture for certain purposes. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the TIA. Terms 

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defined
in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, including in the event of a conflict with this Note, and
Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. 

        The
Notes (as defined in the Indenture) are the senior obligations of the Company. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries; the payment of dividends and other payments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; Investments; sales of assets of the Company and Restricted Subsidiaries; certain
transactions with Affiliates; Liens; and consolidations, mergers and transfers of all or substantially all of the Company's or a Guarantor's assets. In addition, the Indenture prohibits certain
restrictions on distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries. 

5.    Optional Redemption    

        (i)    Except
as set forth below, the Offered Notes (as defined in the Indenture) may not be redeemed prior to February 15, 2009. At any time on or after
February 15, 2009, the Offered Notes will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set
forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below: 

	Year
 
	 	Price
	 
	2009	 	103.750	%
	2010	 	102.500	%
	2011	 	101.250	%
	2012 and thereafter	 	100.000	%

        (ii)   In
addition, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Offered Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at a redemption price equal to the
greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (2) the present value, as determined by an Independent Financial Advisor, of (A) the applicable percentage set forth above
of the principal amount of the Offered Notes being redeemed as of February 15 of the first period set forth above ending on or after the date of such redemption (assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months) plus (B) all required interest payments due on such Offered Notes through February 15 of such period (excluding accrued interest),
discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus in each
case accrued interest to the redemption date. 

        (iii)  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, at any time prior to February 15, 2007, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Offered Notes
outstanding at a redemption price equal to 107.50% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of any capital
contributions to the Company in respect of Qualified Equity Interests or one or more public or private sales by the Company of Qualified Equity Interests (other than proceeds from a sale to any of the
Company's Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries participates); provided that: 

        (a)   at
least 65% in aggregate of the originally issued principal amount of the Offered Notes remain outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and 

        (b)   the
sale of such Qualified Equity Interests is made in compliance with the terms of the Indenture. 

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6.    Notices of Redemption    

        Except
as otherwise provided in the Indenture or herein, notices of redemption shall be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address all in accordance with the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of Notes
for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed, or, if the Notes are not so listed,
on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate; provided
that no Notes of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part; provided that any redemption pursuant to paragraph 5(iii) shall be effected on
a pro rata basis. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption. 

7.    Repurchase at the Option of the Holder    

        (a)   Upon
a Change of Control, any Holder of Notes will have the right, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, to require the Company to repurchase all or
any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of the Notes of such Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant
interest payment date that is on or prior to the date of repurchase) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture. 

        (b)   If
the Company or a Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, within ten Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds
$50.0 million, the Company will commence an offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of certain other Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with
respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets (an "Asset Sale Offer") pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Indenture to
purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and such other Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company (or
such Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Indebtedness surrendered by the Holders
thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to
purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase" on the reverse of the Notes. 

8.    Guarantees and Collateral Documents    

        All
obligations in respect of this Note have been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Qwest Capital Funding, Inc. and Qwest Services Corporation on a joint and several basis
pursuant to the Indenture. 

        In
order to secure the due and punctual payment of all obligations of QSC under the QSC Guarantee of the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, QSC has granted Liens on the
Collateral to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Notes. 

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        Each
Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to all of the terms and provisions of the Security Documents as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to the respective provisions
thereof and the Indenture. 

        The
Trustee and each Holder acknowledge that a release of any of the Collateral or any Lien strictly in accordance with the terms and provisions of any of the Security Documents and the
terms and provisions of the Indenture will not be deemed for any purpose to be an impairment of the security under the Indenture. The Collateral is subject to release upon a Termination Event and
under certain other circumstances. 

9.    Denominations; Transfer; Exchange    

        The
Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon
any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note
not to be redeemed) or transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date. 

10.    Persons Deemed Owners    

        The
registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 

11.    Unclaimed Money    

        If
money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request, or if then held by the
Company, shall be discharged from such trust (unless an abandoned property law designates another Person for payment thereof). After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Paying Agent with respect to such money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease. 

12.    Discharge and Defeasance    

        Subject
to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Indenture, the Notes
Guarantees, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Notes if the Company deposits with the Trustee, cash in U.S. legal tender or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest
on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be. 

13.    Amendment, Waiver    

        Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents may be amended or supplemented with the
written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including the February Notes and any Additional Notes), voting as a group, and (ii) any
existing default or noncompliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes, Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents (other than payment of principal, premium, if any, Additional Interest, if
any, and interest) may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the
consent of any Noteholder, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Security Documents, to cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of
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the
Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code), to provide for the assumption of the Company's obligations to Holders of Notes in
the case of a merger, consolidation or sale of assets, to release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its applicable Note Guarantee or the Indenture (to the extent permitted by the
Indenture) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith, does not
materially adversely affect the legal rights of any such Holder under the Indenture, the Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents, to conform the Indenture to the "Description of Notes"
contained in the offering memorandum relating to the Initial Notes, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, to
provide additional assets as Collateral, to add additional guarantees and, following a Termination Event, to eliminate references to subordination of the QSC Guarantee. 

14.    Defaults and Remedies    

        Under
the Indenture (and subject to the terms of the Indenture), an Event of Default occurs if there is: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or
Additional Interest with respect to, the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (including the failure to make a payment to purchase Notes
tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer); (iii) failure by the Company (A) to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.11 and 5.01 of the Indenture or
(B) for 45 days after receipt of notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes to comply with any other agreement or covenant
of the Indenture; (iv) default under any Debt Instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than QCC to the extent that none of QSC, the Company or QCF have outstanding a Debt Instrument governing Debt Securities under which there is a similar default as this
clause (iv) with respect to QCC that applies to such default) whether such Indebtedness now exists or is incurred after the Issue Date, which default: (A) is caused by a failure to pay
when due principal on such Indebtedness at the final maturity thereof; (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express final maturity or (C) results in the
commencement of judicial proceedings to foreclose upon, or to exercise remedies under applicable law or applicable security documents to take ownership of or to cause the sale of, the assets securing
such Indebtedness (other than the consensual provision of assets securing non-recourse Indebtedness), and in each case, the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with any other
Indebtedness with respect to which an event described in clause (A), (B) or (C) has occurred and is continuing, aggregates more than $100.0 million; (v) one or more
final and non-appealable judgments or orders that exceed $100.0 million in the aggregate (net of amounts covered by insurance or bonded) for the payment of money have been entered
by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against QSC, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgment or judgments have not been satisfied, stayed, annulled or rescinded
within 60 days of being entered; (vi) QSC, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: (A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its assets, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; (vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: (A) is for relief
against QSC, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary as debtor in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of QSC, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or a Custodian for all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or (C) orders the liquidation of QSC, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 60 days; (viii) (A) any Note Guarantee shall be held in a judicial proceeding before a court of competent jurisdiction not to be in full force and
effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Note Guarantee and the Indenture) or is declared in such a proceeding null and void and unenforceable or found to be invalid or (B) any 

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Guarantor
denies its liability under its Note Guarantee (other than by reason of release of a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Note Guarantee);
or (ix) default by QSC in the performance of the Security Documents which adversely affects the enforceability or the validity of the Collateral Agent's Lien on the Collateral or which
adversely affects the condition or value of the Collateral, taken as a whole, in any material respect, repudiation or disaffirmation by QSC of its obligations under the Security Documents or the
determination in a judicial proceeding before a court of competent jurisdiction that the Security Documents are unenforceable or invalid against QSC for any reason. 

        Noteholders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee
may withhold from Noteholders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest) if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good
faith determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders. 

15.    Subordination    

        Prior
to the occurrence of a Termination Event, payment of QSC's obligations under the QSC Guarantee will be subordinated to the prior payment of Senior Debt on the terms provided in the
Indenture. 

16.    Trustee Dealings with the Company    

        Subject
to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise
deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. 

17.    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees Stockholders    

        No
past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes,
the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, or stockholder of any
of the Guarantors, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Guarantors under the Notes Guarantees, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes and Notes Guarantees by accepting a Note and a Note Guarantee waives and releases all such liabilities. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Notes Guarantees. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a
waiver is against public policy. 

18.    Governing Law    

        THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES
OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

19.    Authentication    

        This
Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note. 

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20.    Abbreviations    

        Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with
rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 

21.    CUSIP Numbers    

        Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed
the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained
in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 

        The Company will furnish to any Noteholder upon written request and without charge to the Noteholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note
in larger type. Requests may be made to:  

 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.

1801 California Street

Denver, Colorado 80202

Attention of Secretary  

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    ASSIGNMENT FORM    
    

To
assign this Note, fill in the form below: 

I
or we assign and transfer this Note to 

	
 (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
	

 (Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and
irrevocably
appoint                                        
 agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 

	Date:	 	 	Your Signature:	 
	 	
	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 

	Signature Guarantee:	 
	 	
 (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)
	

 Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

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   EXHIBIT B  

CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR

REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES  

        Reference is hereby made to that certain indenture dated as of February 5, 2004 (the "Base Indenture")
among Qwest Communications International Inc. (the "Company"), the Guarantors (as defined therein) and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National
Association as amended and supplemented by the first supplemental indenture among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association (the
"Trustee") dated as of June 17, 2005 (the "First Supplemental Indenture") and as further
supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee dated June 23, 2005 (the "Second Supplemental Indenture", and together with the First
Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the "Indenture"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Indenture. 

        This
certificate relates to $                              principal amount of Notes held in (check
applicable space)    book-entry or    definitive
form by the undersigned. 

        The
undersigned (check one box below): 

        / /
has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note held by the Depository a Note or Notes in definitive,
registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above); 

        / /
has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes. 

        In
connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the periods referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms: 

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:  

/ /    (1)    to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or 

/ /    (2)    pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or 

/ /    (3)    inside
the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that purchases
for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A thereunder; or 

/ /    (4)    outside
the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in compliance
with Rule 904 thereunder; or 

/ /    (5)    inside
the United States to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements (the form of which letter is attached to the Indenture as  Exhibit D and
which may be obtained from the Trustee); or 

/ /    (6)    pursuant
to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or 

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/ /    (7)    in
accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

Unless
one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof;  provided, however, that if box (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior
to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to
an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 thereunder. 

	

 	

 	

    
 Signature
	

Signature Guarantee:	

    
 (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED. 

        The
undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
any such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), and is aware that the sale to it is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined
not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A. 

	

Dated:	
 	

    
	
 	

    
 NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTES  

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 

	Date of Exchange
 
	 	Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Global Note
	 	Amount of increase

in Principal Amount

of this Global Note
	 	Principal

amount of this

Global Note

following such

decrease or

increase
	 	Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee or Notes

Custodian

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE  

        If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.09, or 4.11 of the Indenture, check the box: 

	

4.09    Asset Sale	
 	

4.11    Change of Control Offering

        If
you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.09 or 4.11 of the Indenture, state the amount:
$                  . 

	

Date:	

    
	
 	

Your Signature:	

    
 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)
	

 	

 	
 	

    
    Tax I.D. number

	

Signature Guarantee:	

    
 (Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)

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   EXHIBIT C  

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION

WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S]  

Qwest
Communications International Inc.

1801 California Street

Denver, Colorado 80202 

Attention:
Chief Financial Officer 

	Re:
	Qwest
Communications International Inc. (the "Company")

71/2% Senior Notes due 2014-Series B (the "Notes") 

Dear
Ladies and Gentlemen: 

        This
letter relates to U.S. $            principal amount of Notes represented by a Note (the "Legended Note") which bears a legend outlining restrictions upon transfer of such
Legended Note. Pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture dated as of February 5, 2004, as amended and supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 17, 2005 and
a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 23, 2005 (as amended and supplemented, the "Indenture") relating to the Notes, we hereby certify that we are (or we will hold such Notes on
behalf of) a person outside the United States to whom the Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
Accordingly, you are hereby requested to exchange the legended certificate for
an unlegended certificate representing an identical principal amount at maturity of Notes, all in the manner provided for in the Indenture. 

        You
and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S. 

	

 	
 	

Very truly yours,
	

 	
 	

    

	 	 	[Name of Holder]
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    
 Authorized Signature

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EXHIBIT D  

 
 

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
  WITH TRANSFER TO INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS]    
    

Qwest
Communications International Inc.

1801 California Street

Denver, Colorado 80202 

Dear
Ladies and Gentlemen: 

        This
certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $            principal amount of the 71/2% Senior Notes due 2014—Series B (the "Notes") of
Qwest Communications International Inc. (the "Company"). 

        Upon
transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 

	Address:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 

	Taxpayer ID Number:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 

        The
undersigned represents and warrants to you that: 

        1.     We
are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act")), and we are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risk of our investment in the Notes and invest in or purchase Notes similar to the Notes in the normal course
of our business. We and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment. 

        2.     We
understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence.
We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the later of the date which is two years
after (X) the later of (A) the date of original issue or (B) the date on which this Note was acquired from an affiliate of the Company or (Y) the date that is three months
after the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) only (a) to Qwest Communications International Inc. or
any subsidiary thereof, (b) inside the United States to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (c) inside the United States to an
Accredited Investor that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. Broker-Dealer) to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements
relating to the restrictions on transfer of this security (the form of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee for this Note), (d) outside the United States in an offshore transactions in
compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act (if available), (e) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available),
(f) in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if Qwest Communications International Inc. so
requests), or (g) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of our property
or the property of such investor account or 

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accounts
be at all times within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. In connection with any transfer of this security prior to the later of the date which
is two years after (X) the later of (A) the date of original issue or (B) the date on which this Note was acquired from an affiliate of the Company or (Y) the date that is
three months after the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto), pursuant to clause (c), (d) or
(f) above if the holder must, prior to such transfer, furnish to the Trustee and Qwest Communications International Inc. such certifications, legal opinions or other information as
either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities
Act. As used herein, the terms "offshore transaction, "United States" and "U.S. person" have the meaning given to them by Regulation S under the Securities Act. 

	 	 	TRANSFEREE:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BY	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

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[FORM OF GUARANTEE]    
    

        Each undersigned Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture referred to in the Note upon which this notation is endorsed and each referred to as the "Guarantor,"
which term includes any successor person under the Indenture) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, jointly and severally, guarantees as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety (such guarantee
to be referred to herein as the "Guarantee"), to each of the Holders and to the Trustee and their respective successors and assigns that (i) the principal of and interest on the Notes will be
promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal, if any, and interest on any interest,
if any, to the extent lawful, of the Notes and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in
accordance with the terms under the Indenture and thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Notes or of any such other obligations, the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, subject to any applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise,
subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 12.02 of the Indenture. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of
Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms
of the Guarantee. Prior to the occurence of a Termination Event (as defined in the Indenture), the obligations of QSC under the QSC Guarantee shall be subordinated to the obligations of QSC to holders
of Senior Debt to the extent set forth in Article VIII of the Indenture. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and
(b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for such purpose. 

        No
stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor shall have any liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such
stockholder, officer, director or incorporator. 

        This
Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Notes upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the
Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned Guarantors has caused this Guarantee to be signed by its duly authorized officer. 

	 	 	[NAME OF GUARANTOR]
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I. THE 7 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2014—SERIES B

ARTICLE II. APPOINTMENT OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

ARTICLE III. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE

ARTICLE IV. MISCELLANEOUS

SIGNATURES

[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL NOTE] 7 1/2% Senior Note due 2014, Series B

ASSIGNMENT FORM

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFER TO INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS]

[FORM OF GUARANTEE]

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