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      <P align=center><FONT size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission on November 6, 2000&nbsp;</FONT> </P></TD></TR>
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      <P align=right><FONT size=2>Registration No. 333-________</FONT>
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<P align=center><B><FONT size=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION<BR></FONT><FONT size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>______________</FONT></B> </P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=5>FORM S-8 </FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>Registration Statement<BR>under the Securities
Act of 1933</FONT></B> </P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>______________ <BR></FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=5>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP,
INC.<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</FONT> </P>
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      <P align=center><B><FONT size=2>Delaware</FONT></B></P></TD>
    <TD align=center width=361><FONT size=2><B>77-0461529</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=center><FONT size=2>(State of Incorporation)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD align=center width=361><FONT size=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification
      Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=center>&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD align=center width=361>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <P align=center><B><FONT size=2>2330 Central Expressway,</FONT></B></P></TD>
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      <P align=center><B><FONT size=2>Santa Clara, California</FONT></B></P></TD>
    <TD align=center width=361><FONT size=2><B>95050</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=center><FONT size=2>(Address of Principal Executive
      Office)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD align=center width=361><FONT size=2>(Zip
Code)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Bluestar
Communications Group, Inc.<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2>(Full Title of the &#147;Plan&#148;)
</FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>COPY TO: </FONT></B></P>
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    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Frank Marshall</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Meredith S. Jackson,
Esq.</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Interim Chief Executive Officer and
      Director</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Ashok W. Mukhey, Esq.</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Covad Communications Group,
      Inc.</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Geoffrey M. Trachtenberg,
    Esq.</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>2330 Central Expressway</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Irell &amp; Manella LLP</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Santa Clara, California
    95050</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite
      900</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>(408) 844-7500</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>Los Angeles, California
      90067-4276</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=2>(310) 277-1010</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center colSpan=2><FONT size=2>(Name, Address Including Zip Code
      and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants&#146; Agent for
      Service) </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center colSpan=10><B><FONT size=2>Calculation of Registration
      Fee </FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=center><B><FONT size=1>Title of&nbsp;<BR>Securities to be
      Registered</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD align=center width=89><B><FONT size=1>Amount to be Registered
      (1)</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD align=center width=173><B><FONT size=1>Proposed
      Maximum&nbsp;<BR>Offering Price Per Share (2)</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD align=center width=149><B><FONT size=1>Proposed Maximum Aggregate
      Offering Price</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD align=center width=101><B><FONT size=1>Amount of Registration
      Fee</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size=1>BlueStar Communications Group, Inc.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      2000 Stock Incentive Plan Common&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stock, $0.001
      par value</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align=center vAlign=bottom width=89><font size="1">1,251,182</font></TD>
    <TD vAlign=bottom width=10></TD>
    <TD align=center vAlign=bottom width=173><FONT size=1>$5.71875</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align=center vAlign=bottom width=149><FONT
    size=1>$7,155,197</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=bottom width=10></TD>
    <TD align=center vAlign=bottom width=101><FONT size=1>$1,888.97</FONT></TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="5%"><FONT size=1>(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=1>This Registration Statement shall also cover
      any additional shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock which become issuable
      under the BlueStar Communications Group, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan by
      reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
      similar transaction effected without the Registrant&#146;s receipt of
      consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
      Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</FONT><BR></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="5%"><FONT size=1>(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=1>Calculated solely for the purpose of this
      Registration Statement under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) on the basis of the weighted average
      exercise price per share of options to purchase 207,146 shares of Covad
      Communications Group, Inc. (&#147;Covad&#148;) Common Stock. These options were
      originally granted pursuant to the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan of BlueStar
      Communications Group, Inc. and were assumed by Covad pursuant to the
      Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 15, 2000, between the
      Registrant, Covad Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
      Registrant, and BlueStar Communications Group, Inc. (&#147;Merger Agreement&#148;),
      subject to an adjustment in the number of shares and exercise price of the
      original options.</FONT><BR></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>PART I</FONT></B><BR><B><FONT size=2>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plan
Information.*</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Information required by Part I to be
contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to
Part I of Form S-8.</FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>PART II</FONT></B><BR><B><FONT
size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 3.&nbsp;</FONT></B><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><B><FONT size=2>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The documents listed below are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8. In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.</FONT></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
      the year ended December 31, 1999;<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(b)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>All reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
      15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the December 31, 1999 fiscal
      year, including without limitation, the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on
      Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 7, 2000, February 22, 2000, March
      9, 2000, March 23, 2000, June 20, 2000, June 27, 2000, July 7, 2000,
      September 12, 2000, September 27, 2000 (#1), September 27, 2000 (#2) and
      October 5, 2000;</FONT><BR>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(c)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
      8-A12G filed with the Commission on January 19, 1999, and including any
      other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
      description; and</FONT><BR>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(d)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
      8-A12G filed with the Commission on February 22, 2000, and including any
      other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
      description, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions
      applicable to the Registrant&#146;s Stock Purchase Rights Pursuant to a
      Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2000,
      between the Company and BankBoston, N.A., as Rights
  Agent.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently
filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 4.&nbsp;</FONT></B><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><B><FONT size=2>Description of Securities.</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 5.&nbsp;</FONT></B><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><B><FONT size=2>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 6.&nbsp;</FONT></B><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT><B><FONT size=2>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</FONT></B></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify such
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation or business
association, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful.</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>2</FONT></P>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL
permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a
director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>As permitted by Section 102(b)(7)
of the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
includes a provision that limits a director&#146;s personal liability to the
Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of his or her
fiduciary duty as a director. Article X of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Registrant shall
be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
</FONT></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>As permitted by Section 145 of the
DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, directors, officers and certain other persons who are made, or are
threatened to be made, parties to, or are involved in, any action, suit or
proceeding will be indemnified by the Registrant with respect thereto.
</FONT></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>The Registrant maintains insurance
policies under which its directors and officers are insured, within the limits
and subject to the limitations of the policies, against expenses in connection
with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities that
might be imposed as a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, to which
they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers of the
Registrant. The Registrant also entered into agreements to indemnify the
Registrant&#146;s directors and executive officers, in addition to the
indemnification provided for in the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. </FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from
Registration Claimed. </FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable. </FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.
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    <TD height=21 width=37><B><FONT size=1>Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD align=right height=47 vAlign=top width=37><FONT size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD height=47 width=23>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD height=47><FONT size=2>Instruments Defining the Rights of
      Stockholders. Reference is made to the Registrant&#146;s </FONT><FONT
      size=2>Registration Statements on&nbsp;<BR>Form 8-A12G, together with the
      amendments and exhibits thereto, filed on January 19, 1999 and February
      22, 2000, which are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item
      3(d).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=right height=21 width=37><FONT size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD height=21><FONT size=2>Opinion of Irell &amp; Manella LLP as to the
      legality of securities being registered.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=right height=21 width=37><FONT size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD height=21><FONT size=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent
      Auditors</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=right height=21 width=37><FONT size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
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    <TD height=21><FONT size=2>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
      Independent Accountants</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=right height=21 width=37><FONT size=2>23.3</FONT></TD>
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    <TD height=21><FONT size=2>Consent of Irell &amp; Manella LLP (included in
      Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD align=right height=21 width=37><FONT size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD height=21><FONT size=2>Powers of Attorney (included on the signature
      page of this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P align=right><FONT size=2>99.1</FONT></P></TD>
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    <TD height=21><FONT size=2>2000 Stock Incentive Plan of BlueStar
      Communications Group, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>3</FONT> </P>
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<P><B><FONT size=2>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Undertakings.</FONT></B> </P>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD colSpan=3 vAlign=top><FONT size=2>The undersigned Registrant hereby
      undertakes:<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(1)</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colSpan=2 vAlign=top><FONT size=2>To file, during any period in which
      offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
      registration statement:<BR>&nbsp;</FONT> </TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(i)&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>To include any prospectus required by section
      10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp; </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30></TD>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(ii)</FONT> </TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
      events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
      the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
      in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
      forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
      increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
      value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
      and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum
      offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
      Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
      volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
      aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
      Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(iii)</FONT> </TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>To include any material information with
      respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
      registration statement or any material change to such information in the
      registration statement;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp; </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD colSpan=3 vAlign=top><I><FONT size=2>Provided, however</FONT></I><FONT
      size=2>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by Registrant pursuant
      to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
      by reference in this Registration Statement.<BR>&nbsp;
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(2)</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>That, for the purpose of determining any
      liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
      shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
      securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
      time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
      thereof.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT> </TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(3)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>To remove from registration by means of a
      post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
      remain unsold at the termination of the offering.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT>
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    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
      that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
      each filing of Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
      Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in
      this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
      such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
      offering thereof.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top width=30></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width=30><FONT size=2>(c)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
      arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
      and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions
      or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
      Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public
      policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
      unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
      liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or
      paid by a director, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
      being registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
      the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
      appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by
      it is a gainst public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
      be governed by the final adjudication of such
  issue.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>4</FONT> </P>
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<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>SIGNATURES </FONT></B></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Clara, State of
California, on this 6 day of November 2000. </FONT></P>
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  <TR>
    <TD width=305></TD>
    <TD colSpan=2 width=305><B><FONT size=2>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP,
      INC.,</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width=305></TD>
    <TD colSpan=2 width=305><FONT size=2>a Delaware corporation</FONT><B><FONT
      size=2></FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width=65></TD>
    <TD width=20><FONT size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=239><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width=65></TD>
    <TD width=20><FONT size=2>By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=239><FONT size=2>/s/ Mark H. Perry</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
      <HR align=center noShade SIZE=1 width="100%">
    </TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width=65></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=239><FONT size=2>Mark H. Perry</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width=65></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=239><FONT size=2>Executive Vice President and</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width=65></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=239><FONT size=2>Chief Financial
Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY </FONT></B></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I><FONT size=2>Know all men by these
presents</FONT></I><FONT size=2>, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Frank Marshall and Mark H. Perry, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including without limitation
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, lawfully to
all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that either of said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. </FONT></P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </FONT></P>
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  <TR>
    <TD><B><FONT size=1>Signature</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD width=10></TD>
    <TD align=center width=350><B><FONT size=1>Title</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD width=10></TD>
    <TD align=center width=120><B><FONT size=1>Date</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1 width=55>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10></TD>
    <TD align=center width=350>
      <HR SIZE=1 width=30>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10></TD>
    <TD width=120>
      <HR SIZE=1 width=30>
    </TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>/s/ Frank Marshall</FONT>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350><FONT size=2>Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director
      (principal executive officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120><FONT size=2>November 6, 2000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Frank Marshall<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>/s/ Mark H. Perry</FONT>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350><FONT size=2>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
      Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120><FONT size=2>November 6, 2000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Mark H. Perry<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>/s/ Robert Hawk</FONT>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120><FONT size=2>November 6, 2000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Robert Hawk<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>/s/ Hellene Runtagh</FONT>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120><FONT size=2>November 6, 2000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Hellene Runtagh<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>/s/ Daniel Lynch</FONT>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120><FONT size=2>November 6, 2000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Daniel Lynch<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>/s/ Rich Shapero</FONT>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120><FONT size=2>November 6, 2000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Rich Shapero<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>/s/ Larry Irving</FONT>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120><FONT size=2>November 6, 2000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Larry Irving<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>/s/ Debra Dunn</FONT>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350><FONT size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120><FONT size=2>November 6, 2000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Debra Dunn<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=350></TD>
    <TD width=10>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=120></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P align=center><B><FONT size=2>EXHIBIT INDEX </FONT></B></P>
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  <TR>
    <TD width=37><B><FONT size=1>Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B><FONT size=1>Description</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right vAlign=top width=37>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1>
    </TD>
    <TD width=20></TD>
    <TD>
      <HR align=left SIZE=1 width="8%">
    </TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right vAlign=top width=37><FONT size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders.
      Reference is made to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statements on Form
      8-A12G, together with the amendments and exhibits thereto, filed on
      January 19, 1999 and February 22, 2000, which are incorporated herein by
      reference pursuant to Item 3(d).</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right vAlign=top width=37>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37><FONT size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Opinion of Irell &amp; Manella LLP as to the legality of
      securities being registered.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37><FONT size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent
      Auditors</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37><FONT size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Independent
      Accountants</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37><FONT size=2>23.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Consent of Irell &amp; Manella LLP (included in Exhibit
      5.1).</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37><FONT size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2>Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of
      this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align=right width=37><FONT size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD width=20>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2>2000 Stock Incentive Plan of BlueStar Communications
      Group, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission on November 6, 2000
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
under the Securities
Act of 1933
______________
COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP,
INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
77-0461529
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
      Number)
2330 Central Expressway,
Santa Clara, California
95050
(Address of Principal Executive
      Office)
(Zip
Code)
2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Bluestar
Communications Group, Inc.
(Full Title of the "Plan")
COPY TO:
Frank Marshall
Meredith S. Jackson,
Esq.
Interim Chief Executive Officer and
      Director
Ashok W. Mukhey, Esq.
Covad Communications Group,
      Inc.
Geoffrey M. Trachtenberg,
    Esq.
2330 Central Expressway
Irell & Manella LLP
Santa Clara, California
    95050
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite
      900
(408) 844-7500
Los Angeles, California
      90067-4276
(310) 277-1010
(Name, Address Including Zip Code
      and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants' Agent for
      Service)
Calculation of Registration
      Fee
Title of
Securities to be
      Registered
Amount to be Registered
      (1)
Proposed
      Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
      Offering Price
Amount of Registration
      Fee
BlueStar Communications Group, Inc.
2000 Stock Incentive Plan Common
Stock, $0.001
      par value
1,251,182
$5.71875
$7,155,197
$1,888.97
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover
      any additional shares of Registrant's Common Stock which become issuable
      under the BlueStar Communications Group, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan by
      reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
      similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of
      consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
      Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Calculated solely for the purpose of this
      Registration Statement under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended (the "Securities Act") on the basis of the weighted average
      exercise price per share of options to purchase 207,146 shares of Covad
      Communications Group, Inc. ("Covad") Common Stock. These options were
      originally granted pursuant to the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan of BlueStar
      Communications Group, Inc. and were assumed by Covad pursuant to the
      Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 15, 2000, between the
      Registrant, Covad Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
      Registrant, and BlueStar Communications Group, Inc. ("Merger Agreement"),
      subject to an adjustment in the number of shares and exercise price of the
      original options.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.      Plan
Information.*
Item 2.      Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*Information required by Part I to be
contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to
Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed below are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8. In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
      the year ended December 31, 1999;
(b)
All reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
      15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the December 31, 1999 fiscal
      year, including without limitation, the Registrant's Current Reports on
      Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 7, 2000, February 22, 2000, March
      9, 2000, March 23, 2000, June 20, 2000, June 27, 2000, July 7, 2000,
      September 12, 2000, September 27, 2000 (#1), September 27, 2000 (#2) and
      October 5, 2000;
(c)
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
      8-A12G filed with the Commission on January 19, 1999, and including any
      other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
      description; and
(d)
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
      8-A12G filed with the Commission on February 22, 2000, and including any
      other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
      description, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions
      applicable to the Registrant's Stock Purchase Rights Pursuant to a
      Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2000,
      between the Company and BankBoston, N.A., as Rights
  Agent.
Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently
filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides that a corporation may indemnify such
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation or business
association, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful.
2
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL
permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a
director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7)
of the DGCL, the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
includes a provision that limits a director's personal liability to the
Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of his or her
fiduciary duty as a director. Article X of the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Registrant shall
be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
As permitted by Section 145 of the
DGCL, the Registrant's Bylaws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, directors, officers and certain other persons who are made, or are
threatened to be made, parties to, or are involved in, any action, suit or
proceeding will be indemnified by the Registrant with respect thereto.
The Registrant maintains insurance
policies under which its directors and officers are insured, within the limits
and subject to the limitations of the policies, against expenses in connection
with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities that
might be imposed as a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, to which
they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers of the
Registrant. The Registrant also entered into agreements to indemnify the
Registrant's directors and executive officers, in addition to the
indemnification provided for in the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
Item 7.      Exemption from
Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.      Exhibits.
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Instruments Defining the Rights of
      Stockholders. Reference is made to the Registrant's
Registration Statements on
Form 8-A12G, together with the
      amendments and exhibits thereto, filed on January 19, 1999 and February
      22, 2000, which are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item
      3(d).
5.1
Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP as to the
      legality of securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent
      Auditors
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
      Independent Accountants
23.3
Consent of Irell & Manella LLP (included in
      Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature
      page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
2000 Stock Incentive Plan of BlueStar
      Communications Group, Inc.
3
Item 9.     
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby
      undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which
      offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
      registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section
      10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
      events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
      the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
      in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
      forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
      increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
      value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
      and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum
      offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
      Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
      volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
      aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
      Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with
      respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
      registration statement or any material change to such information in the
      registration statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by Registrant pursuant
      to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
      by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any
      liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
      shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
      securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
      time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
      thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a
      post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
      remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
      that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
      each filing of Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
      Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in
      this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
      such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
      offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
      arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
      and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions
      or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
      Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public
      policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
      unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
      liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or
      paid by a director, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
      being registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
      the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
      appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by
      it is a gainst public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
      be governed by the final adjudication of such
  issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Clara, State of
California, on this 6 day of November 2000.
COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP,
      INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:
/s/ Mark H. Perry
Mark H. Perry
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these
presents
, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Frank Marshall and Mark H. Perry, or either of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including without limitation
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, lawfully to
all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that either of said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Frank Marshall
Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director
      (principal executive officer)
November 6, 2000
Frank Marshall
/s/ Mark H. Perry
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
      Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
November 6, 2000
Mark H. Perry
/s/ Robert Hawk
Director
November 6, 2000
Robert Hawk
/s/ Hellene Runtagh
Director
November 6, 2000
Hellene Runtagh
/s/ Daniel Lynch
Director
November 6, 2000
Daniel Lynch
/s/ Rich Shapero
Director
November 6, 2000
Rich Shapero
/s/ Larry Irving
Director
November 6, 2000
Larry Irving
/s/ Debra Dunn
Director
November 6, 2000
Debra Dunn
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders.
      Reference is made to the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form
      8-A12G, together with the amendments and exhibits thereto, filed on
      January 19, 1999 and February 22, 2000, which are incorporated herein by
      reference pursuant to Item 3(d).
5.1
Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP as to the legality of
      securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent
      Auditors
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Independent
      Accountants
23.3
Consent of Irell & Manella LLP (included in Exhibit
      5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of
      this Registration Statement).
99.1
2000 Stock Incentive Plan of BlueStar Communications
      Group, Inc.
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