Coopers                                Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
& Lybrand
                                       a professional services firm


             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference of our reports dated 
January 21, 1997, which include an explanatory paragraph
related to the discontinuance of SFAS No. 71, "Accounting for 
Certain Types of Regulation," effective January 1, 1996, on our 
audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial 
statement schedule of Southern New England Telecommunications
Corporation as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for each of
the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996,
included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report
on Form 10-K, in the following documents filed by Southern
New England Telecommunications Corporation:

  Registration Statement No. 33-59713 on Form S-3 relating
  to the Shareholder Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
  Purchase Plan.

  Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement
  No. 33-6326 on Form S-8 relating to the SNET Bargaining
  Unit Retirement Savings Plan.

  Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement
  No. 33-6325 on Form S-8 relating to the SNET Management
  Retirement Savings Plan.

  Registration Statement No. 33-19058 on Form S-8 relating
  to the SNET 1986 Stock Option Plan.

  Registration Statement No. 33-41237 on Form S-3 relating
  to the registration of $165 million of Debt Securities.

  Registration Statement No. 33-51055 on Form S-8 relating
  to the SNET Non-Employee Director Stock Plan.

  Registration Statement No. 33-64975 on Form S-8
  relating to the SNET 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.

  Registration Statement No. 33-60133 on Form S-3
  relating to the registration of $470 million of Debt
  Securities.

  Registration Statement No. 333-05757 on Form S-8
  relating to the SNET 1996 Non-Employee Director
  Stock Plan.

  Registration Statement No. 333-22841 on Form S-4 
  relating to the proposed acquisition of the 
  Woodbury Telephone Company.


                                      /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
Hartford, Connecticut                     Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
March 20, 1997