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Exhibit 23.2
Independent Auditors' Consent
The Board of Directors
e.spire Communications, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of e.spire Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports dated
March 24, 2000, except as to Notes 2, 8 and 19 which are as of April 13, 2000,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of e.spire Communications, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1999 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report
appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of e.spire
Communications, Inc.
Our reports refer to a change to the method of accounting for revenue
recognition associated with leasing the Company's fiber-optic network.
/s/ KPMG LLP
McLean, Virginia
July 31, 2000
