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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement ($150,000,000
exchange offer, 12 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010, Series B) on Form
S-4 of Orius Corp. of our report dated February 27, 1998 relating to the
financial statements of Channel Communications, Inc. (f/k/a Kenya Corp.)as of
and for the year ended December 31, 1997, which appear in such Registration
Statement. We also consent to the references to us under the heading
"Independent Accountants" in such Registration Statement.

Williams Young, LLC

/s/ WILLIAMS YOUNG, LLC

Madison, Wisconsin
July 12, 2000

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