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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.8
 
                 CONSENT OF THE ROBINSON-HUMPHREY COMPANY, LLC
 
     We hereby consent to the use of our opinion letter dated October 16, 1998
and our written confirmation thereof dated October 27, 1998, each addressed to
the Boards of Directors of World Access, Inc. (formerly known as WAXS INC.,
"World Access") and WA Telcom Products Co., Inc. (formerly known as World
Access, Inc.), included as Appendix B and Appendix B-1, respectively, to the
Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus of World Access, Holdco and Telco Systems,
Inc. ("Telco") which forms part of the Registration Statement dated as of the
date hereof on Form S-4 relating to the proposed merger of Telco with and into
Tail Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Access, and to
the references to such opinion therein.
 
     In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.
 
                                  /s/ THE ROBINSON-HUMPHREY COMPANY, LLC
 
November 9, 1998
Atlanta, Georgia