<PAGE>
Exhibit 23.5
CONSENT OF BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS
Board of Directors
R&B Communications, Inc.
1000 Roanoke Road
P.O. Box 174
Daleville, VA 24083
We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion letter, dated June 16,
2000, to the Board of Directors of R&B Communications, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, (the "Company") regarding the proposed merger of the Company with
R&B Combination Company, a Virginia corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
CFW Communications Company, in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4
to which this consent is filed as an exhibit (the "Registration Statement") and
to the reference in the Registration Statement to our firm and to our opinion
under the headings "Opinion of R&B's Financial Advisors," "Background and
Negotiation of the Merger" and "R&B's Reasons for the Merger." In giving the
foregoing consent, we do not admit (1) that we come within the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") promulgated thereunder and
(2) that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement
within the meaning of the term "experts" as used in the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
BB&T Capital Markets
A division of Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
