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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related Prospectus of World Access, Inc.
and subsidiaries for the registration of its common stock and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 10, 2000, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Long Distance
International, Inc. included in the World Access, Inc. and subsidiaries Current
Report (Form 8-K) dated April 26, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


                                             /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


West Palm Beach, Florida
May 23, 2000