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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Upon
                  the filing and effectiveness of this Registration Statement on
                  Form S-8,
                  the total number of shares of Common Stock registered pursuant
                  to the
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                  amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), will be 65,000,000 shares. In addition, pursuant to
                  Rule 416(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities
                  Act
                  of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
                  shares of Common Stock which become issuable upon exercise of options
                  or
                  other awards granted under the Plan by reason of any stock dividends,
                  stock
                  split, recapitalization or other similar
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                  granted under the Plan shall be determined at time of grant. Accordingly,
                  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) of the General Rules and Regulations
                  under the Securities Act of 1933, the price of $0.09, which is
                  the average of the high and low prices reported on the American Stock Exchange
                  on June 23, 2005, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the
                  registration fee.</font></div>
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                  which
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                  par
                  value per share, previously registered pursuant to Registration
                  Statements
                  on Form&#160;S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-75230, 333-89886 and
                  333-110131)
                  and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The current
                  filing
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                  have been
                  approved for issuance by the Registrant and its stockholders under
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        as
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on December
        14, 2001, Registration Statement No. 333-89886 on Form S-8, as filed with
        the
        Commission on June 6, 2002, and Registration Statement No. 333-110131 on
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        S-8, as filed with the Commission on October 31, 2003, each relating to the
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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                  Annual
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                  filed
                  with the Commission on March 23, 2005 pursuant to the Exchange
                  Act, which
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                  other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a)
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        Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
        of
        a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
        have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
        shall
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        be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
        contained herein or in a document incorporated by reference or deemed to
        be
        incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
        for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that such statement
        is
        modified or superseded by any other subsequently filed document which is
        incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such
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        the undersigned officers and directors of DSL.net, Inc. hereby constitutes
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        appoints Kirby G. Pickle and Robert J. DeSantis, and each of them, with full
        power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
        agent,
        with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead,
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        any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments
        to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments)
        required to be executed on behalf of himself as an individual or in his capacity
        as an officer or director, as the case may be, on behalf of DSL.net, Inc.,
        pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8220;</font>Securities
        Act&#8221;),
        and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same,
        with
        all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, with
        the
        Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when and if
        such
        is mandated by the Securities Act, by the rules and regulations of any
        applicable market or exchange or by applicable state securities laws, and
        generally to do all things in his name and on his behalf in his capacity
        as an
        officer or director to enable DSL.net, Inc. to comply with the provisions
        of the
        Securities Act, the rules and regulations of any applicable market or exchange
        and applicable state securities laws, granting unto his said attorney-in-fact
        and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
        thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he might
        or
        could do in person thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
        attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
        do or
        cause to be done by virtue hereof, or may have done in connection with the
        matters described above, and hereby ratifying and confirming his signature
        as it
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        has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s)
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WWW.EXFILE.COM, INC. -- 13605 -- DSL.NET, INC. -- FORM 8-K
As
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24,
        2005
Registration
        No. 333-_______
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
        D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT UNDER
THE
        SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DSL.net,
        Inc.
(Exact
        Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
06-1510312
(State
                    or Other Jurisdiction
                    of
(I.R.S.
                    Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation
                    or
                    Organization)
545
        Long Wharf Drive
New
        Haven, CT 06511
(Address
        of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
____________________
Amended
        and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
(Full
        Title of the Plan)
____________________
Robert
        J. DeSantis
Chief
        Financial Officer
DSL.net,
        Inc.
545
        Long Wharf Drive
New
        Haven, CT 06511
(Name
        and Address of Agent For Service)
(203)
        772-1000
(Telephone
        Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
______________________________
Copy
        to:
Mark
                  H. Burnett, Esq.
Goodwin
                  Procter LLP
Exchange
                  Place
Boston,
                  Massachusetts 02109
(617)
                  570-1000
CALCULATION
        OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                  of Securities to be Registered
Amount
                  To Be
Registered
(1)(4)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
                  Per
Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
Amount
                  Of
Registration
                  Fee
(3)
Common
                  Stock (Par Value $.0005 Per Share)
20,000,000
$0.09
                  (2)
$1,800,000
$212.00
TOTAL:
20,000,000
$1,800,000
$212.00
___________________________________________
(1)
Upon
                  the filing and effectiveness of this Registration Statement on
                  Form S-8,
                  the total number of shares of Common Stock registered pursuant
                  to the
                  Registrant's Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as
                  amended (the "Plan"), will be 65,000,000 shares. In addition, pursuant to
                  Rule 416(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities
                  Act
                  of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
                  shares of Common Stock which become issuable upon exercise of options
                  or
                  other awards granted under the Plan by reason of any stock dividends,
                  stock
                  split, recapitalization or other similar
                  transaction.
(2)
The
                  exercise price or fair market value of any options or other awards
                  granted under the Plan shall be determined at time of grant. Accordingly,
                  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) of the General Rules and Regulations
                  under the Securities Act of 1933, the price of $0.09, which is
                  the average of the high and low prices reported on the American Stock Exchange
                  on June 23, 2005, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the
                  registration fee.
(3)
Calculated
                  pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of
                  1933.
(4)
This
                  registration statement relates to 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
                  $.0005 par value per share, reserved for issuance under the Plan,
                  which
                  shares are in addition to 45,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.0005
                  par
                  value per share, previously registered pursuant to Registration
                  Statements
                  on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-75230, 333-89886 and
                  333-110131)
                  and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The current
                  filing
                  is being made to register the additional 20,000,000 shares which
                  have been
                  approved for issuance by the Registrant and its stockholders under
                  the
                  Plan.
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PART
        I
This
        Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class
        as
        other securities for which Registration Statement No. 333-75230 on Form S-8,
        as
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on December
        14, 2001, Registration Statement No. 333-89886 on Form S-8, as filed with
        the
        Commission on June 6, 2002, and Registration Statement No. 333-110131 on
        Form
        S-8, as filed with the Commission on October 31, 2003, each relating to the
        Registrant's Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as
        amended, are effective and hereby incorporated by reference.
PART
        II
INFORMATION
        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
        3.
Incorporation
        of
        Documents by Reference.
The
        following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
        to the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"
Exchange
        Act"),
        are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The
                  Registrant
'
s
                  Annual
                  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004,
                  filed
                  with the Commission on March 23, 2005 pursuant to the Exchange
                  Act, which
                  contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended
                  December
                  31, 2004;
(b)
All
                  other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a)
                  or Section
                  15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered
                  by the
                  document referred to in (a) above; and
(c)
The
                  item entitled "Description of Registrant
'
s
                  Securities
                  to be Registered" contained in the Registrant
'
s
                  Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
                  August 3,
                  2004 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the related
                  Exhibit 6 referred to therein and filed therewith.
All
        documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
        to
        Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
        of
        a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
        have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
        shall
        be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
        and to
        be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
        contained herein or in a document incorporated by reference or deemed to
        be
        incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
        for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that such statement
        is
        modified or superseded by any other subsequently filed document which is
        incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such
        statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
        or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
        8.
Exhibits.
Reference
        is made to the Exhibit Index.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 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 New
        Haven, State of Connecticut, on this 24th day of June, 2005.
DSL.NET,
                  INC.
By:
/s/ Kirby
                G. Pickle
Kirby
                G. Pickle, Chief Executive Officer and Class III
                Director
POWER
        OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
Each
        of
        the undersigned officers and directors of DSL.net, Inc. hereby constitutes
        and
        appoints Kirby G. Pickle and Robert J. DeSantis, and each of them, with full
        power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
        agent,
        with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead,
        in
        any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments
        to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments)
        required to be executed on behalf of himself as an individual or in his capacity
        as an officer or director, as the case may be, on behalf of DSL.net, Inc.,
        pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"
Securities
        Act"),
        and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same,
        with
        all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, with
        the
        Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when and if
        such
        is mandated by the Securities Act, by the rules and regulations of any
        applicable market or exchange or by applicable state securities laws, and
        generally to do all things in his name and on his behalf in his capacity
        as an
        officer or director to enable DSL.net, Inc. to comply with the provisions
        of the
        Securities Act, the rules and regulations of any applicable market or exchange
        and applicable state securities laws, granting unto his said attorney-in-fact
        and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
        thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he might
        or
        could do in person thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
        attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
        do or
        cause to be done by virtue hereof, or may have done in connection with the
        matters described above, and hereby ratifying and confirming his signature
        as it
        may be signed by his said attorney-in-fact and agent to said Registration
        Statement and all amendments thereto.
4
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(s)
        indicated below.
Signature
Title(s)
Date
/s/
                  Kirby G. Pickle
Kirby
                  G. Pickle
Chief
                  Executive Officer and Class III Director
(Principal
                  Executive Officer)
June 24,
                  2005
/s/
                  Robert J. DeSantis
Robert
                  J. DeSantis
Chief
                  Financial Officer (Principal Financial
and
                  Accounting Officer)
June 24,
                  2005
/s/
                  Robert B. Hartnett, Jr.
Robert
                  B. Hartnett, Jr.
Class
                  I Director
June 24,
                  2005
/s/
                  Robert G. Gilbertson
Robert
                  G. Gilbertson
Class
                  II Director
June 24,
                  2005
/s/
                  Paul J. Keeler
Paul
                  J. Keeler
Class
                  II Director
June 24,
                  2005
/s/
                  William J. Marshall
William
                  J. Marshall
Class
                  II Director
June 24,
                  2005
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Exhibit
        Index
Exhibit
No.
Exhibit
4.01
Amended
                  and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as
                  amended
                  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 filed with the Registrant's
                  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
                  333-110131)).
4.02
Amended
                  and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated
                  by
                  reference to Exhibit 4.02 filed with the Registrant's Registration
                  Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-89886)).
5.01
Opinion
                  of Goodwin Procter LLP (filed herewith).
23.01
Consent
                  of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (filed herewith).
23.02
Consent
                  of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).
24.01
Power
                  of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration
                  Statement).
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