"We are strategically growing Covad's national network to enable

Covad and our partners to deliver broadband services to tens-of-thousands

more homes and businesses in the Atlanta market," said Charles Hoffman,

president and chief executive officer of Covad. "We will continue

to look for innovative ways to provide an alternative choice for broadband

in the Atlanta market."

Covad offers residential and business-class DSL, T1, Voice Over IP, managed

security, hosting, and bundled voice and data services directly through

Covad and wholesale through partners, value-added resellers, telecommunications

carriers and affinity groups. Covad owns and operates the largest national

DSL network, reaching more than 45 million U.S. homes and business in 96

of the top Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). This network expansion

will give Covad the ability to reach nearly 50 million homes and businesses

in more than 100 of the top Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) by the

end of the third quarter of 2004. As a supplement to Covad's national

broadband network, the company also provides business-class broadband services

to an additional 139 less populated MSAs through a partnership with New

Edge Networks.

Covad's DSL network enables ISPs and CLECs to partner with Covad for their

broadband needs. A growing number of companies nationwide including AT&T,

AOL, EarthLink, Sprint, Speakeasy, MCI, MegaPath and XO, work with Covad

to power their consumer and business broadband offerings.

For more information on Covad broadband services in the Atlanta area,

contact Covad directly by visiting www.covad.com or by calling 1-800-636-3500.