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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of World
Access, Inc. and subsidiaries for the registration of 393,060 shares of its
common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated
June 5, 1998, with respect to the combined financial statements of Cherry
Communications Incorporated (d/b/a Resurgens Communications Group) and Cherry
Communications U.K. Limited for the year ended December 31, 1997 included in the
WA Telecom Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 27, 1998, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A dated September 4, 1998 and Amendment No. 2 on
Form 8-K/A dated September 25, 1998.

                                                         /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
August 30, 1999