CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement of
Verizon Global Funding Corp. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon
Communications Inc.) on Form S-4 of our report dated February 14, 2000, except
as to the pooling-of-interests with GTE Corporation, which is as of June 30,
2000, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedule of Verizon Communications Inc. and its subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1999 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31,
1999, which appears in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2000. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such registration statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
July 3, 2001