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                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement of Verizon Global Funding Corp. (a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc.) on Form S-4 of our report dated
February 14, 2000, except as to the pooling-of-interests with GTE Corporation,
which is as of June 30, 2000, on our audits of the consolidated financial
statements and financial statement schedule of Verizon Communications Inc. and
its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and for each of the two years in the
period ended December 31, 1999, which appears in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. We also consent to the reference
to us under the heading "Experts" in such registration statement.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York

August 7, 2001



