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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1

                          ARNALL GOLDEN & GREGORY, LLP
                            2800 ONE ATLANTIC CENTER
                           1201 WEST PEACHTREE STREET
                           ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30309-3450

                                 March 1, 2001

Horizon PCS, Inc.
68 East Main Street
Chillicotte, Ohio  45601-0480

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel to Horizon PCS, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and Horizon Personal Communications, Inc., an Ohio corporation
("HPC") and Bright Personal Communications, LLC ("Bright," Bright and HPC
collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantors"), in connection with the preparation
of a Registration Statement on Form S-4, including the Prospectus constituting a
part thereof (the "Registration Statement"), to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), relating to an offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") the
Company's registered 14.0% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes due 2010 (the
"Registered Notes") and the Subsidiary Guarantors' registered guarantee thereof
(the "Registered Guarantee") for all of the Company's outstanding 14.0% Senior
Subordinated Discount Notes due 2010 (the "Outstanding Notes") and the
Subsidiary Guarantors' outstanding guarantee thereof (the "Outstanding
Guarantee").

         The Outstanding Notes and Outstanding Guarantee were issued, and the
Registered Notes and Registered Guarantee will be issued, pursuant to an
Indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of September 26, 2000, by and among the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as Trustee (the "Trustee").

         We have examined such documents and records and other certificates and
instruments and have conducted such investigation as we have deemed necessary to
enable us to render this opinion.

         Based upon the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and subject to the
assumptions, limitations, qualifications and exceptions set forth below, we are
of the opinion that:

         1. Assuming the Registration Statement (including any amendments
thereto) shall become effective under the Securities Act, when executed and
authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with their terms and the terms of the
Indenture, and delivered in exchange for the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the
Indenture and the Exchange Offer, the Registered Notes will be legally issued
and valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally
(including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws) and by general
principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of
specific performance or injunctive relief regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law; and

         2. Assuming the Registration Statement (including any amendments
thereto) shall become effective under the Securities Act, when executed and
authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with its terms and the terms of the
Indenture, and delivered pursuant to the Indenture and the Exchange Offer, the
Registered Guarantee will be the legally issued and valid and binding obligation
of the Subsidiary Guarantors enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally (including, without
limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws) and by general principles of equity,
including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good
faith and fair dealing and the possible



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unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

         We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus which is filed as part of the Registration Statement,
and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to such Registration Statement.
In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are experts within the meaning
of Section 11 of the Securities Act or within the category of persons whose
consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act. Our opinion is expressly
limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by
implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors or any other person, or any other document or agreement
involved with the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Offer. We assume no
obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments which
hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may alter, affect or modify
the opinions expressed herein.

                                      Sincerely,

                                      /s/ ARNALL GOLDEN & GREGORY, LLP