EXHIBIT 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  Registration  Statement of
C-Phone  Corporation  on Form S-3 of our report  dated  April 17,  1996,  on our
audits of the financial  statements  of C-Phone  Corporation  (formerly  "Target
Technologies,  Inc.") as of February 29, 1996 and February 28, 1995, and for the
three years in the period  ended  February  29,  1996,  appearing in the C-Phone
Corporation  Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended February 29,
1996. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts".


                                        Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.



Raleigh, North Carolina
April 14, 1997





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