Exhibit 23.1


            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


Board of Directors
Citizens Communications Company:

We consent to the use of our reports  dated  February 27, 2008,  with respect to
the  consolidated  balance  sheets  of  Citizens   Communications   Company  and
subsidiaries  as of  December  31, 2007 and 2006,  and the related  consolidated
statements of operations,  shareholders'  equity,  comprehensive income and cash
flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended  December 31, 2007,
and the  effectiveness  of  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  as of
December 31, 2007, incorporated herein by reference.

Our audit report on the consolidated financial statements refers to the adoption
of Financial  Accounting  Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for
Uncertainty  in Income  Taxes" as of  January 1, 2007,  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards No.  123(R),  "Share-Based  Payment" and Staff  Accounting
Bulletin  No. 108,  "Considering  the Effects of Prior Year  Misstatements  when
Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements" as of January 1,
2006 and  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 158,  "Employers'
Accounting for Defined  Benefit  Pension and Other  Postretirement  Plans" as of
December 31, 2006.

                                            /s/ KPMG LLP


Stamford, Connecticut
May 28, 2008