Consent of Independent Auditors





The Board of Directors
ICG Communications, Inc.:


We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements  No.
33-96660 and  333-08729 on Form S-3 of IntelCom  Group Inc. and No.  33-14127 on
Form S-8 of ICG  Communications,  Inc. of our reports  dated  February 21, 1997,
relating to the  consolidated  balance  sheets of ICG  Communications,  Inc. and
subsidiaries  as of September 30, 1995 and 1996,  and December 31, 1996, and the
related consolidated  statements of operations,  stockholders' equity (deficit),
and cash flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended  September
30, 1996,  and the  three-month  period ended December 31, 1996, and the related
financial  statement  schedule,  which  reports  appear in the December 31, 1996
Transition Report on Form 10-K of ICG Communications, Inc.

As explained in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, during the year
ended  September  30, 1996,  the Company  changed its method of  accounting  for
long-term telecom services contracts.



                                            KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Denver, Colorado
February 21, 1997