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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We hereby consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form
F-1 Registration Statement of our report dated November 3, 2000 relating to the
consolidated financial statements of GT Group Telecom Inc. for the years ended
September 30, 2000, 1999 and 1998, which appears in such Registration Statement.
We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.


/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Toronto, Canada

February 6, 2001