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AMENDMENT 2001-1
                           U S WEST SAVINGS PLAN/ESOP

         The U S WEST Savings Plan/ESOP as amended and restated as of June 12,
1998, and executed June 28, 2000 (the "Plan") is hereby amended under Section
10.1 of the Plan as follows, effective as of June 30, 2000 unless otherwise
noted:

1.       The following sentence shall be added at the end of Section 1.28(a):

                  "Any Participant who transfers to Qwest or another
         Non-Participating Company that was a subsidiary of Qwest prior to June
         30, 2000, shall remain an Eligible Employee and a Participant while
         employed by such Non-Participating Company so long as such Participant
         meets the other requirements of this Section 1.28."

2.       The second sentence of Section 1.61 shall be revised to read as
follows:

                  "Qwest and its subsidiaries owned prior to the merger of US
         WEST into Qwest are not Participating Companies, except to the extent
         set forth in Section 1.28(a)."

3.       Subsection 3.4(b)(i)(E) shall be revised to read as follows:

                  "(E) Effective January 1, 2000, this Section 3.4(b)(i)(E)
         applies instead of (C) for customer service agents. The Matching
         Formula for each customer service agent shall be an allocation equal to
         25% of his Before-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions made
         during each pay period; provided, however, that the allocation for any
         customer service agent for any pay period shall not exceed 1.5% of his
         Savings Plan Eligible Earnings for that pay period. The maximum
         allocation for the Plan Year for a customer service agent is equal to
         1.5% of the dollar limit under Code Section 410(a)(17) for the Plan
         Year. Effective January 1, 2001, the Matching Formula for each customer
         service agent shall be an allocation equal to 50% of his Before-Tax
         Contributions and After-Tax Contributions made during each pay period;
         provided, however, that the allocation for any customer service agent
         for any pay period shall not exceed 3% of his Savings Plan Eligible
         Earnings for that pay period. The maximum allocation for the Plan Year
         for a customer service agent is equal to 3% of the dollar limit under
         Code Section 410(a)(17) for the Plan Year."AMENDMENT 2001-2
                           U S WEST SAVINGS PLAN/ESOP

         The U S WEST Savings Plan/ESOP as amended and restated as of June 12,
1998, and executed June 28, 2000 (the "Plan") is hereby amended under Section
10.1 of the Plan as follows, effective immediately unless otherwise noted:

         1.  Effective June 30, 2000, the word "Management" shall be inserted
before the word "Employee" in Section 1.28(b)(iii) and the last sentence of
Section 1.28(b).

         2.  Section 1.50 is amended to read as follows:

             "1.50   `Leased Employee' means any person who is not a common law
employee of a Company or a Related Company and who performs services for a
Company or a Related Company on a substantially full-time basis for a period of
at least one year pursuant to an agreement between the Company or Related
Company and another person, and such services are performed under the primary
direction or control of the Company or Related Company."

         3.  Section 3.7 is amended by adding two sentences to the end of the
first paragraph to read as follows:

"For purposes of determining whether the Plan satisfies the requirements of this
Section 3.7, all compensation deferrals and elective contributions under any
other plan which is aggregated with the Plan for purposes of Section 401(a) or
410(b) of the Code (other than Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)) are to be treated as
made under a single plan. Furthermore, if two or more plans are permissively
aggregated for purposes of the test described in this Section 3.7, the
aggregated plans must also satisfy Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b) as though
they were a single plan."
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         4.  The first paragraph of Section 3.7(c) is amended to read as
follows:

             "(c)    The average of the actual deferral percentages for
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the current Plan Year
("High Average") when compared with the average of the actual deferral
percentages for Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees for the
same Plan Year ("Low Average") must meet one of the following requirements:"

         5.  Section 3.8 is amended by adding two sentences to the end of the
first paragraph to read as follows:

"For purposes of determining whether the Plan satisfies the requirements of this
Section 3.8, all compensation deferrals, elective contributions and voluntary
after-tax contributions under any other plan which is aggregated with the Plan
for purposes of Section 401(a) or 410(b) of the Code (other than Section
410(b)(2)(A)(ii)) are to be treated as made under a single plan. Furthermore, if
two or more plans are permissively aggregated for purposes of the test described
in this Section 3.8, the aggregated plans must also satisfy Code Sections
401(a)(4) and 410(b) as though they were a single plan."

         6.  Section 3.8A is amended by adding two sentences to the end of the
first paragraph to read as follows:

"For purposes of determining whether the Plan satisfies the requirements of this
Section 3.8A, all compensation deferrals, elective contributions and matching
contributions under any other plan which is aggregated with the Plan for
purposes of Section 401(a) or 410(b) of the Code (other than Section
410(b)(2)(A)(ii)) are to be treated as made under a single plan. Furthermore, if
two or more plans are permissively aggregated for purposes of the test described
in this Section 3.8A, the aggregated plans must also satisfy Code Sections
401(a)(4) and 410(b) as though they were a single plan."

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         7.  The first paragraph of Section 3.8(c) is amended to read as
follows:

             "(c)    The average of the contribution percentages for
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the current Plan Year
("High Average") when compared with the average of the contribution percentages
for Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year
("Low Average") must meet one of the following requirements:"

         8.  Section 3.8A(b) is amended by adding a sentence to the end to read
as follows:

"The contribution percentage of a Highly Compensated Employee shall be
determined by treating all matching arrangements maintained by the Company or a
Related Company (other than those maintained in the ESOP portion of the Plan or
any other arrangement that cannot be aggregated) as a single arrangement."

         9.  The first paragraph of Section 3.8A(c) is amended to read as
follows:

             "(c)    The average of the contribution percentages for
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the current Plan Year
("High Average") when compared with the average of the contribution percentages
for Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year
("Low Average") must meet one of the following requirements:"

         10. The second sentence of Section 3.8A is amended by replacing the
word "ADP" with "ACP."

                                       3AMENDMENT 2001-3
                           U S WEST SAVINGS PLAN/ESOP

         The U S WEST Savings Plan/ESOP as amended and restated as of June 12,
1998, and executed June 28, 2000 (the "Plan") is hereby amended under Section
10.1 of the Plan as follows, effective January 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted:

         1.  Effective November 19, 2001, the name of the Plan is changed to the
"Qwest Savings & Investment Plan" and all references to the "U S WEST Savings
Plan/ESOP" shall hereinafter be deemed a reference to the Qwest Savings and
Investment Plan.

         2.  Effective November 19, 2001, Section 1.64 is amended to read as
follows:

             "1.64 `Plan' shall mean the Qwest Savings & Investment Plan set
forth herein, now in effect or hereinafter amended."

         3.  Section 1.21 is amended to add the phrase "or 132(f)(4)" to the end
of the first sentence thereof.

         4.  Section 1.75(a)(i) is amended to add the phrase "or 132(f)(4)" to
the bracketed language at the end of the first sentence thereof.

         5.  Section 3A.9(e) is amended to read as follows:

             "(e) Management Employee Diversification Election. A Management
         Employee may direct that all or a portion of the contributions (and
         earnings thereon) credited to his ESOP Account on or after January 1,
         2001, be transferred among the funds specified in paragraphs (b), (c),
         (d), (e), (f) and (i) of Section 2.5 in accordance with Sections 2.5
         and 2.6."
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         6.  Section 3.1 is amended to read as follows:

         "3.1 - Contributions by Participants.

             Every Participant may make Before-Tax Contributions pursuant to
         Section 3.2 and/or After-Tax Contributions pursuant to Section 3.3. A
         Participant may make Before-Tax Contributions and After-Tax
         Contributions during the same pay period provided that, subject to the
         limitations of Sections 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.10 and Article IV, such
         Participant's combined Before-Tax Contributions and After-Tax
         contributions for a pay period cannot exceed 16% of such Participant's
         Savings Plan Eligible Earnings for the pay period (in the case of an
         Occupational Employee) and 18% of such Participant's Savings Plan
         Eligible Earnings for the pay period (in the case of a Management
         Employee)."

         7.  Section 3.2(a) is amended to read as follows:

             "(a) Election to Defer. Subject to the limitations in Sections 3.1,
         3.6, 3.7, 3.10 and Article IV, each Participant may elect Before-Tax
         Contributions, in accordance with Section 2.6, in whole percentages
         from 1% to 16% of such Participant's Savings Plan Eligible Earnings for
         each payroll period (in the case of an Occupational Employee) and from
         1% to 18% of such Participant's Savings Plan Eligible Earnings for each
         payroll period (in the case of a Management Employee). Participants'
         Savings Plan Eligible Earnings shall be reduced by the amount of their
         Before-Tax Contributions, which shall be credited to Participants'
         Before-Tax Accounts, and shall be made in accordance with rules
         established by the Committee. See the definition of Savings Plan
         Eligible Earnings for Participants whose Savings plan Eligible Earnings
         exceed the Code Section 401(a)(17) limit for the Plan Year."

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         8.  Section 3.3(a)(i) is amended to read as follows:

             "(i) Subject to the limitations of Sections 3.1, 3.8 and Article
         IV, each Participant may elect After-Tax Contributions on his own
         behalf, in accordance with Section 2.6, in whole percentages from 1% to
         16% of such Participant's Savings Plan Eligible Earnings for each
         payroll period (in the case of an Occupational Employee) and from 1% to
         18% of such Participant's Savings Plan Eligible Earnings for each
         payroll period (in the case of a Management Employee). Such
         contributions by Participants shall be credited to Participants'
         After-Tax Accounts, and shall be made in accordance with rules
         established by the Committee. See the definition of Savings Plan
         Eligible Earnings for Participants whose Savings plan Eligible Earnings
         exceed the Code Section 401(a)(17) limit for the Plan Year."

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