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                                                                       Exhibit 5

July 20, 1998

Long Distance Direct Holdings, Inc.
1 Blue Hill Plaza
Pearl River, New York 10965

      Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
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Gentlemen:

      We have acted as counsel to Long Distance Direct Holdings, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the "Company"), and in such capacity have examined the form of
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about July 22, 1998, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act") of 2,000,000 shares of common stock, $.001 par value, of the Company
(the "Shares") issuable under the Company's 1998 Equity Incentive Plan. The
Shares will be offered and sold pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement
filed with the Commission.

      As counsel for the Company and for purposes of this opinion, we have made
those examinations and investigations of legal and factual matters we deemed
advisable, and have examined the originals, or copies certified to our
satisfaction as being true copies of the originals, of those corporate records,
certificates, documents and other instruments which we, in our judgment, have
considered necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed
below. For these purposes, we have relied, without independent investigation,
upon certificates provided by public officials and by officers of the Company as
to certain factual matters. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity
to the original documents of documents submitted to us as certified or
photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of the latter
documents.

      On the basis of the foregoing, and relying solely thereon, we are of the
opinion that the Shares are duly authorized and, provided the Shares are issued,
delivered and paid for in the manner and upon the terms contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.

      No opinion is expressed herein as to the application of state securities
or Blue Sky laws.
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      We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent we do not hereby admit that we are in the
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

                                                     Very truly yours,


                                                     Day Campbell & McGill