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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1



                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Verio Inc.:

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 333-57059 and 333-59451) on Form S-8 of Verio Inc. of our reports dated
March 4, 1999 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Verio Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1998, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for the
period from inception (March 1, 1996) to December 31, 1996 and the years ended
December 31, 1997 and 1998, and the related consolidated financial statement
schedule, which reports appear in the December 31, 1998 annual report on Form
10-K of Verio Inc.

                                                      /s/ KPMG LLP







Denver, Colorado
March 26, 1999