Exhibit 5.1


                        Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
                             Two Renaissance Square
                       40 North Central Avenue, Suite 2700
                             Phoenix, Arizona 85004
                            Telephone: (602) 528-4000
                            Facsimile: (602) 253-8129


                                February 21, 2002


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This firm is counsel for BestNet Communications Corp., a Nevada corporation
(the "Company"). As such, we are familiar with the Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended,  and the Bylaws, as amended,  of the Company, as well as resolutions
adopted  by its  Board of  Directors  authorizing  the  issuance  and sale of an
estimated  $681,107  worth of the Company's  common stock,  par value $.001 (the
"Common Stock"),  which are the subject of a Registration  Statement on Form S-2
(the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act").

     We also have  examined all  instruments,  documents,  and records  which we
deemed  relevant  and  necessary  for  the  basis  of  our  opinion  hereinafter
expressed. In such an examination, we have assumed the genuineness and authority
of all  signatures  and the  authenticity  of all  documents  submitted to us as
originals and the  conformity to the originals of all documents  submitted to us
as copies.

     Based on such  examination,  we are of the  opinion  that the shares of the
Common  Stock  being  sold  pursuant  to the  Registration  Statement  are  duly
authorized, and will be, when issued and paid for in the manner described in the
Registration Statement, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We acknowledge that we are referred to under the heading "Legal Matters" in
the Prospectus which is part of the Registration Statement and we hereby consent

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to the use of our name in such Registration Statement. We further consent to the
filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and with the
state  regulatory  agencies  in  such  states  as may  require  such  filing  in
connection with the  registration of the Common Stock for offer and sale in such
states.

                                       Respectfully Submitted,

                                       /s/ Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

                                       SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P.