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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-3, Amendment No. 1 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, as amended) dated February 11, 2000, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.


                                             /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

West Palm Beach, Florida
December 20, 2000