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Exhibit 23.1
to Registration Statement
Registration No. 333-84276

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT 

The Board of Directors
CenturyTel, Inc.:

            We consent to the use of our report incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.

                                                                                                            /s/ KPMG LLP

 

Shreveport, Louisiana
April 29, 2002