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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 3, 2000 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of
Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in
Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999. We also consent to the incorporation by reference
of our report dated March 30, 2000 relating to the financial statement
schedules, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 30, 2000
