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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated February 28, 2000, except for the
information presented in Note 24 for which the date is March 8, 2000, relating
to the financial statements and financial statement schedule, which appear in
the Network Plus Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1999. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in
such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Boston, Massachusetts
February 22, 2001