Covad

Company Name

Covad (Covad Communications)

Covad Services

  • Access Services: T1 (TeleXtend), SDSL (Telespeed/ Enterprise Telespeed), IDSL (Telespeed), ADSL (Telesoho/Telesurfer, ADSL (Dedicated Loop - Telesoho)
  • Hosting Services: Email Hosting Service (Personalized Email), Web Hosting Services (Customized Web Site)
  • VoIP Services: ClearEdge Voice Services - Fully Hosted and Integrated Access (Analog or Digital)

Covad Pricing

Competitive prices. (The lowest full T1 1.5 Covad quote chooseISP.net ever got for a client: $339/month on a 2 year term in August, 2007)*

Count on Covad

At Covad, we strive to make doing business with us a pleasure. We offer invoice credits if we don’t provide at least 99.99% monthly uptime, and we’ll send Covad repair techs out on weekends and holidays to keep your business up and running.

Buy with Confidence

Dedicated T1 toll-free hotline staffed with service experts 24x7x365

Priority traffic routing over the Covad nationwide network

Includes one external IP address with NAT or five external IPs

30-day no-risk satisfaction guarantee

Offer Details

It’s ridiculously simple. Call today 714-333-0360 and order a T1 line. We'll instantly waive the installation fee and the router fees. Choose a Cisco 1721 router valued at $899; or go with a Netopia 4622XL or a Siemens 5940 router, both valued at $599.* All you pay is the tax. How easy is that?

INSTALLATIONS- Covad can install your T1 service in as little as 2 weeks time.

Covad Highlights

Covad is the only national provider of DSL and T1 services and can accommodate multi-location companies with ease. Please contact us for internet T1 pricing questions as well as VoIP inquiries.

Covad Service Level Guarantee on Private Line, Clear Channel T1 Service

Covad 's commitment on provisioning: 30 days Covad guarantees, "Installation is guaranteed within 30 calendar days of placing your order or you are eligible for a credit equal to 50% of your first month's service fees."

Covad 's commitment on On-net Network Availability: 99.99% Covad guarantees, "We guarantee monthly service availability of 99.99%. You will be eligible for a credit for one day of service for every hour of downtime beyond our guarantee."

Covad 's commitment on Off-net Network Availability:

Covad 's commitment on Maximum Time to Restore: 4 hours Covad offers a "Time to Repair Guarantee" - "In the event of a service outage, we guarantee restoration within 4 hours. You will be eligible for a credit equal to 10% of your monthly service fee if we do not restore service within 4 hours." 110

Covad 's commitment on Data Delivery: 99.9% Network Delivery Guarantee - 99.9% of all data packets sent from your location over the Covad network will be successfully delivered. You are eligible for a credit of up to 10% of your monthly service fee if we do not meet our Network Delivery Guarantee.

Covad 's commitment on Maximum Latency: 110 ms Network Delay Guarantee - Messages sent from your location will average 110 milliseconds for the round trip to a test point on the Covad network. You are eligible for up to a credit of 10% of your monthly service fee if we do not meet our Network Delay Guarantee.

Covad 's commitment on Maximum Packet Loss: None

Covad 's commitment on Throughput: None

Covad 's commitment on Scheduled Downtime: No scheduled maintenance

Covad 's termination options: See notes

  • Covad offers a satisfaction guarantee: Order Covad T1 TeleXtend Internet service and try it for 30 days. If you are not totally satisfied, we will refund all installation, equipment, and monthly service fees charged, and discontinue your service agreement without further obligation.
  • Please review the Covad SLA document for more details here.

Covad Contact Numbers

Questions about pricing or to order services: Contact chooseISP.net by email support@chooseisp.net or by phone 714-333-0360.
 

Covad References

None at the moment. Please check back soon.

Covad Top Rankings/News

  • History in the Making
  • 2006 Covad Joins Leading Global Telecom Providers to Found WiBro and mobile WiMAX Community 2006 Earthlink and Covad Announce Additional Markets for Innovative Bundle of Voice Services and High-Speed Internet 2006 Covad Finalizes Acquisition of NextWeb 2006 Covad Line-Powered Voice Service Named "Product of the Year" by Internet Telephony 2005 Internet Telephony Magazine named Covad as the Best Hosted VoIP Provider, Best SMB Provider, and Top 100 VoIP Provider 2005 Covad to List Shares on American Stock Exchange under Stock Symbol "DVW" 2005 Covad VoIP First Business-Class VoIP Service Available with voice-optimized access on T1 and SDSL 2004 Covad is the market share leader in IP-hosted PBX seats in service* 2004 Covad acquires GoBeam and launches Covad VoIP 2003 Covad Reaches Milestone with 500,000 Lines in Service 2003 Covad offers the first Enterprise-class SDSL service 2001 Covad Introduces TeleXtend T1 Service for Small Businesses 2001 Covad Introduces TeleSoho DSL Services for TeleWorkers and Small Businesses 2001 Covad creates the first self-installation kit 2000 Covad installs first U.S. CLEC-Shared Line with Phone Company 2000 Covad Reaches 100,000 DSL Lines in Service Milestone 1999 Company Launches Nation's First DSL Alternative to Local Phone Companies 1998 Covad Adds Symmetric DSL (SDSL) Services and becomes the only DSL-based service provider to support Asymmetric DSL (ADSL), ISDN DSL (IDSL) and SDSL services 1997 Covad launches the first commercially available DSL service 1996 Covad founded as a result of the Telecom Act

Covad Leadership

Mr. Charles E. Hoffman , 57 - Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Management Compensation Committee

Mr. James A. Kirkland , 46 - Sr. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel

Mr. Patrick J. Bennett , 58 - Exec. VP, Exec. VP - Covad Broadband Solutions and Gen. Mang. - Covad Broadband Solutions

Mr. P. Michael Hanley , 48 - Exec. VP of Customer Experience

Mr. Andrew S. Lockwood , 49 - Exec. VP of Strategic Devel.

Covad Employees

Full Time Employees: 1,141

Covad Communications Group, Inc. provides broadband voice and data communications products and services to consumers and businesses in the United States. It offers Internet access connectivity, voice over Internet protocol telephony (VoIP), and other related services. The company also provides digital subscriber line, T1, Web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, and bundled voice and data services through its network and through Internet service providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers, and affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses and home users. As of December 31, 2004, it had approximately 454,600 DSL and T-1 lines in service. The company was founded by Charles McMinn, Charles Haas, Dhruv Khanna, and Duncan Davidson in 1996. It was formerly known as Covad Communications Company and changed its name to Covad Communications Group, Inc. in 1997. Covad Communications Group is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Covad Key Dates

None provided at this time.

Covad Headquarters

Covad Communications
110 Rio Robles
San Jose, CA 95134-1813
Phone: 408-952-6400
Fax: 408-952-7687
Map to Covad

Covad Service Locations

Covad has nationwide (United States) DSL and T1 service:

Alabama T1, Alaska T1, Arizona T1, Arkansas T1, California T1, Colorado T1, Connecticut T1, Delaware T1, District of Columbia T1, Florida T1, Georgia T1, Hawaii T1, Idaho T1, Illinois T1, Indiana T1, Iowa T1, Kansas T1, Kentucky T1, Louisiana T1, Maine T1, Maryland T1, Massachusetts T1, Michigan T1, Minnesota T1, Mississippi T1, Missouri T1, Montana T1, Nebraska T1, Nevada T1, New Hampshire T1, New Jersey T1, New Mexico T1, New York T1, North Carolina T1, North Dakota T1, Ohio T1, Oklahoma T1, Oregon T1, Pennsylvania T1, Rhode Island T1, South Carolina T1, South Dakota T1, Tennessee T1, Texas T1, Utah T1, Vermont T1, Virginia T1, Washington T1, West Virginia T1, Wisconsin T1, Wyoming T1

Alabama DSL, Alaska DSL, Arizona DSL, Arkansas DSL, California DSL, Colorado DSL, Connecticut DSL, Delaware DSL, District of Columbia DSL, Florida DSL, Georgia DSL, Hawaii DSL, Idaho DSL, Illinois DSL, Indiana DSL, Iowa DSL, Kansas DSL, Kentucky DSL, Louisiana DSL, Maine DSL, Maryland DSL, Massachusetts DSL, Michigan DSL, Minnesota DSL, Mississippi DSL, Missouri DSL, Montana DSL, Nebraska DSL, Nevada DSL, New Hampshire DSL, New Jersey DSL, New Mexico DSL, New York DSL, North Carolina DSL, North Dakota DSL, Ohio DSL, Oklahoma DSL, Oregon DSL, Pennsylvania DSL, Rhode Island DSL, South Carolina DSL, South Dakota DSL, Tennessee DSL, Texas DSL, Utah DSL, Vermont DSL, Virginia DSL, Washington DSL, West Virginia DSL, Wisconsin DSL, Wyoming DSL

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