Exhibit 5.1



                                 June 11, 2001

The Board of Directors
NTELOS Inc.
P.O. Box 1990
Waynesboro, Virginia 22980

                                  NTELOS Inc.
                       Registration Statement on Form S-8
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Gentlemen:

     We are acting as counsel for NTELOS Inc. (the "Company") in connection with
its Registration Statement on Form S-8, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, with respect to up to 100,000 additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock to be issued by the Company (the "Shares") pursuant to
the Company's Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").  In
connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, you have requested our
opinion concerning certain corporate matters.

     In rendering this opinion, we have relied upon, among other things, our
examination of such records of the Company and certificates of its officers and
of public officials as we have deemed necessary.

     Based upon the foregoing and the further qualifications stated below, we
are of the opinion that:

     1.  The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in
         good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

     2.  The Shares have been duly authorized and, when such shares have been
         issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be legally
         issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an exhibit to the Form S-8.  In giving this consent, we do not
admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by
section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                   HUNTON & WILLIAMS