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EXHIBIT 23
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Suite 2800
400 North Ashley Street
Tampa FL 33602-4319
Telephone (813) 223 7577
Facsimile (813) 224 9439
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 15, 2000 relating to the
financial statements of Z-Tel Technologies, Inc., which appears in Z-Tel
Technologies, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1999.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Tampa, Florida
July 17, 2000
