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
February 24, 1999.