Exhibit 23a
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  registration
statements  on Form  S-3 for the  Shareowner  Dividend  Reinvestment  and  Stock
Purchase Plan  (Registration  No.  333-00573),  Forms S-8 for the AT&T Long Term
Savings and Security Plan (Registration Nos. 333-47257 and 33-34265),  Forms S-8
for the AT&T Long Term Savings Plan for Management Employees  (Registration Nos.
33-34264,  33-29256 and 33-21937),  Form S-8 for the AT&T Retirement Savings and
Profit Sharing Plan  (Registration No. 33-39708),  Forms S-8 for Shares Issuable
Under  the  Stock  Option  Plan of the  AT&T  987 Long  Term  Incentive  Program
(Registration  Nos.  333-47251  and  33-56643),  Form S-8 for the AT&T of Puerto
Rico,  Inc. Long Term Savings Plan for Management  Employees  (Registration  No.
33-50819),  Form S-8 for the AT&T of Puerto  Rico,  Inc.  Long Term  Savings and
Security Plan (Registration No. 33-50817), and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on
Form S-8 to Form S-8 Registration Statement  (Registration No. 33-54797) for the
AT&T 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,  Form S-8 for the AT&T Shares for Growth
Program  (Registration  No.  333-47255),  Form S-8 for the AT&T  1997  Long Term
Incentive  Program   (Registration   No.  33-28665),   Form  S-3  for  the  AT&T
$2,600,000,000 Notes and Warrants to Purchase Notes (Registration No. 33-49589),
Form S-3 for the AT&T  $3,000,000,000  Notes  and  Warrants  to  Purchase  Notes
(Registration  No.  33-59495),  Form S-4 for the AT&T  5,000,000  Common  Shares
(Registration No. 33-57745),  and in Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on
Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement  (Registration No. 33-42150) for the
NCR Corporation 1989 Stock Compensation Plan (Registration No. 33-42150-01), the
NCR Corporation 1984 Stock Option Plan  (Registration  No.  33-42150-02) and the
NCR  Corporation  1976  Stock  Option  Plan   (Registration  No.   33-42150-03),
respectively, and the Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 on Form S-8 to
Form S-4  Registration  Statement  (Registration  No.  33-52119)  for the  McCaw
Cellular Communications, Inc. 1983 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (Registration
No. 33-52119-01), the McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. 1987 Stock Option Plan
(Registration No. 33-52119-02),  the McCaw Cellular Communications,  Inc. Equity
Purchase  Plan   (Registration   No.   33-52119-03)   and  the  McCaw   Cellular
Communications,   Inc.   Employee   Stock   Purchase  Plan   (Registration   No.
33-52119-05),  respectively,  and Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to
Form S-4  Registration  Statement  (Registration  No. 33-45302) for the Teradata
Corporation  1987  Incentive  and Other  Stock  Option  Plan  (Registration  No.
33-45302-01),  Form S-8 for the AT&T Amended and Restated 1969 Stock Option Plan
for LIN Broadcasting  Corp.  (Registration No. 33-63195),  and in Post Effective
Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 on Form S-8 to Form S-4  Registration  Statement
(Registration  No.  333-49419)  for the Teleport  Communications  Group Inc.1993
Stock Option Plan (Registration No. 333-49419-01), Teleport Communications Group
Inc. 1996 Equity  Incentive  Plan  (Registration  No.  333-49419-02),  ACC Corp.
Employee Long Term Incentive Plan  (Registration  No.  333-49419-03),  ACC Corp.
Non-Employee  Directors' Stock Option Plan  (Registration No.  333-49419-04) and
ACC Corp. 1996 UK Sharesave Scheme (Registration No. 333-49419-05), and Form S-8
for AT&T Wireless Services,  Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Registration No.
333-52757),  and  in  Post-Effective  Amendment  Nos.1  and 2 on  Form  S-8  and
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 3 to Form S-4 Registration Statement (Registration
No.  333-70279)  for  the  Tele-Communications,  Inc.1998  Incentive  Plan,  the
Tele-Communications,  Inc.  1996  Incentive  Plan  (Amended and  Restated),  the
Tele-Communications,  Inc.  1995  Employee  Stock  Incentive  Plan  (Amended and
Restated), the Tele-Communications,  Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and
Restated), the Tele-Communications,  Inc. 1994 Nonemployee Director Stock Option
Plan, the Tele-Communications International, Inc., the 1996 Nonemployee Director
Stock  Option  Plan,  the  Tele-Communications  International,  Inc.  1995 Stock
Incentive Plan (Registration No. 333-70279-01), the Liberty Media 401(K) Savings
Plan, the TCI 401(K) Stock Plan  (Registration No.  333-70279-02),  Form S-3 for
the  $13,080,000  Debt  Securities  and  Warrants  to Purchase  Debt  Securities
(Registration  No.  333-71167)  and  Form  S-4 for  Vanguard  Cellular  Systems,
Inc.(Registration  No.  333-75083)  of AT&T  Corp.,  and Form S-4 for  Media One
Corp(Registration  No.  333-86019)  of AT&T  Corp.,  and Form S-4 for Four Media
Corp.  (Registration  No.  333-30250) of AT&T Corp.,  and Form S-8 for AT&T Long
Term Savings  (Registration  No.  333-87935) of AT&T Corp.,  of our report dated
March 9, 2000 relating to the  consolidated  financial  statements of AT&T Corp.
and its  subsidiaries,  which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders,
which is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the
incorporation  by reference  of our report  dated March 9, 2000  relating to the
consolidated financial statement schedule, which appears in this Form 10-K.



PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
January 25, 2001