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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement of
Network Plus Corp. included in the prospectus dated September 29, 1998, of our
report dated June 24, 1998, except for the information presented in notes 12 and
15, for which the dates are July 15, 1998 and September 3, 1998, respectively,
on our audits of the financial statements of Network Plus, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Network Plus Corp., as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for each
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1997, which report is
included in this prospectus.




                                                   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
September 28, 1998