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:  August 19, 2004                     Signature
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                                                     /s/James Mandel
                                                     Chief Executive Officer

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