Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Qwest Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333‑202411‑01) on Form S‑3 of Qwest Corporation of our report dated March 2, 2017 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Qwest Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and stockholder’s equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, which report appears in the December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10‑K of Qwest Corporation.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Shreveport, Louisiana

March 2, 2017