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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Citizens Communications Company:

We consent to the use of our report dated June 2, 2000, relating to the combined
balance sheets of the GTE combined entities as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and
the related combined statements of income and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, incorporated herein by
reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3.

                                          /s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
March 28, 2001
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