Exhibit 23


              		     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration 
Statement (Form S-3 No. 33-64476) of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company 
and in the related Prospectus of our report dated January 25, 1995, with 
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Carolina 
Telephone and Telegraph Company included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) 
for the year ended December 31, 1994.


                                                 						    ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
March 30, 1995