Exhibit 23.1


                         Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the  reference to our firm under the caption  "Experts" and to the
inclusion in Frontier  Communications  Corporation's  Registration  Statement on
Form S-3 (No.  333-158391) of our report dated May 7, 2009,  with respect to the
special-purpose combined financial statements and schedule of Verizon's Separate
Telephone  Operations  all of  which  appear  in the  Prospectus  Supplement  of
Frontier Communications Corporation filed on September 18, 2009 pursuant to Rule
424(b).


                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York
September 18, 2009