Exhibit 23.2




               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

   
     We have issued our report dated February 19, 1998, accompanying the
consolidated financial statements of Phoenix Network Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1996 and 1997, and for each of the years in the period ended
December 31, 1997, appearing in the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to
the use of our report on the aforementioned consolidated financial statements in
the Registration Statement and to the use of our name as it appears under the
caption "Experts."


GRANT THORNTON LLP

Denver, Colorado
May 28, 1998.
    





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