NorthPoint Communications

NorthPoint Communications Group, Inc.

Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Founder	Michael W. Malaga
Defunct	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Fate	Bankruptcy, assets acquired by AT&T
Headquarters	California
Key people	Herman Bluestein (Chief Development Officer)
Number of employees	506 (1999)

NorthPoint Communications Group, Inc. was a competitive local exchange carrier focused on data transmission via digital subscriber lines. The company had relationships with Microsoft, Tandy Corporation, Intel, Verio, Cable & Wireless, Frontier Corporation, Concentric Network, ICG Communications, Enron, Network Plus, and Netopia. The company had investments from The Carlyle Group, Accel Partners, Benchmark, and Greylock Partners.^[1]