Covad is a leading national broadband service provider of high-speed Internet and network access utilizing Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology. It offers DSL, T1, managed security, Web and email hosting, IP and dial-up services directly through Covad's direct sales force and web and telephone sales and through Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses and home users.
As the first company to commercially deploy DSL in the United States, Covad has spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a network that passes more than 45 million homes and businesses in 35 states - the largest nationwide footprint of any DSL company.
Covad services are currently available in 96 of the country's top Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).