Exhibit 31.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         I, James  Mandel,  Chief  Executive  Officer of Multiband  Corporation,
certify that:

         1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of  Multiband
Corporation;

         2. Based on my knowledge,  this  quarterly  report does not contain any
untrue  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary
to make the  statements  made,  in light of the  circumstances  under which such
statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
quarterly report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information  included in this quarterly  report,  fairly present in all material
respects the financial  condition,  results of operations  and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

         4. The Company's  other  certifying  officer and I are  responsible for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

         a)       designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused
                  such  disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under
                  our supervision,  to ensure that material information relating
                  to the  small  business  issuer,  including  its  consolidated
                  subsidiaries,  is made  known  to us by  others  within  those
                  entities,   particularly  during  the  period  in  which  this
                  quarterly report is being prepared;

         b)       (Paragraph  omitted  pursuant to SEC Release Nos.  33-8238 and
                  34-47986);

         c)       Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  Company's   disclosure
                  controls  and  procedures  and  presented  in this  report our
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                  and  procedures,  as of the end of the period  covered by this
                  report based on such evaluation; and

         d)       Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's  internal
                  control over  financial  reporting  that  occurred  during the
                  Company's  most recent fiscal  quarter (the  Company's  fourth
                  fiscal  quarter  in the  case of an  annual  report)  that has
                  materially  affected,  or is  reasonably  likely to materially
                  affect,   the  Company's   internal   control  over  financial
                  reporting;

         5. The Company's other certifying  officer and I have disclosed,  based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial  reporting,  to
the  Company's  auditors  and the  audit  committee  of the  Company's  board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent function);

         a)       all significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the
                  design  or  operation  of  internal   control  over  financial
                  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the
                  Company's  ability to record,  process,  summarize  and report
                  financial information; and

         b)       any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
                  or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in  the
                  Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Dated:  November 19, 2004                   Signature /s/ James Mandel
                                                      --------------------------
                                                      Chief Executive Officer