EXHIBIT 31.1CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERI, Horace J. Davis III, certify that—     1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Trinsic, Inc.;     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingwith respect to the period covered by this report;     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this report;     4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have—          a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made knownto us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;          b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and          c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and     5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or personsfulfilling the equivalent function)—          a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reportingwhich are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and          b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.Date: August 15, 2005      *                                                                 /s/ HORACE J. DAVIS III                         *                                                                   Horace J. Davis                                                                                                     Chief Executive Officer                                   A signed original of this written statement has been provided to Trinsic, Inc. and will be retained by Trinsic, Inc. and furnishedto the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.