EXHIBIT 23.1 Consent of Independent Accountants ---------------------------------- We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report, dated April 15, 1999, relating to the financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of C-Phone Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in C-Phone Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended February 28, 1999. Raleigh, North Carolina September 27, 1999