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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                     [ADELMAN KATZ AND MOND, LLP LETTERHEAD]



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Long Distance Direct Holdings, Inc.



We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated June 18, 1998, which includes an
explanatory paragraph raising substantial doubt about the Company's ability to
continue as a going concern, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of
Long Distance Direct Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 1997 and for each of the
years in the two-year period ended December 31, 1997.


                                                     ADELMAN KATZ AND MOND, LLP


New York, NY
July 21, 1998