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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7


                        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-4 and related Prospectus
of World Access, Inc. and subsidiaries for the registration of $300 million of
13.25% Senior Notes due 2008 and $15 million of common stock and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated November 4, 1998, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Telco Systems,
Inc. for the year ended August 30, 1998 included in World Access, Inc.'s
Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated November 10, 1998.


                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
November 2, 1999