Exhibit 23.1


                             ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT


     The Board of Directors
     KVH Industries, Inc.:

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement No.
333-08491 on Form S-8, of our reports  dated  January 26, 2001,  relating to the
consolidated  balance  sheets of KVH  Industries,  Inc.,  and  subsidiary  as of
December  31,  2000  and  1999  and  the  related  consolidated   statements  of
operations,  stockholders'  equity, and cash flows and related schedule for each
of the years in the three-year  period ended December 31, 2000, which reports on
the consolidated  financial  statements and on the related schedule are included
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of KVH  Industries,  Inc.,  for the year ended
December 31, 2000.





     /s/ KPMG LLP

     Providence, Rhode Island
     February 7, 2001