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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To Board of Directors
Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. of our reports dated January 31,
2000, except as to Notes 3 and 12, which are as of February 9, 2000 relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. and the
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and other
comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, and the related schedule, which reports appear,
or are incorporated by reference, in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form
10-K of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
June 21, 2000
