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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of World Access, Inc.
and subsidiaries for the registration of its common stock and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 10, 2000, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Long Distance International,
Inc. included in the World Access, Inc. and subsidiaries Current Report (Form
8-K, as amended) dated February 11, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


                                             /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

West Palm Beach, Florida
December 13, 2000