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        As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2001
  
                                                     Registration No. 333-________
  
  
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D. C. 20549
  
  
                                      FORM S-8
  
  
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  
                                 NETWORK PLUS CORP.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
  
                   DELAWARE                                       04-3430576
       (State or Other Jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
       Incorporation or Organization)                       Identification Number)
  
  41 PACELLA PARK DRIVE, RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS                     02368
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)
  
  
                        1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
  
                               JAMES J. CROWLEY, ESQ.
                EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
                                 NETWORK PLUS CORP.
                                41 PACELLA PARK DRIVE
                            RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS 02368
  
                       (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  
                                   (781) 473-2000
  
            (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  
  <PAGE>   2
                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  
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                                            Proposed         Proposed
     Title of                               Maximum           Maximum
    Securities              Amount         Offering          Aggregate          Amount of
       to be                 to be           Price           Offering         Registration
    Registered             Registered      Per Share          Price               Fee
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                      <C>             <C>              <C>               <C>
  
  Common Stock, $.01       9,000,000       $3.30(1)        $29,700,000(1)        $7,425
  par value                  shares
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  </TABLE>
  
  (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
       based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the
       Nasdaq National Market on May 2, 2001 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and
       457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933.
  
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                       Statement of Incorporation by Reference
  
       This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the
  contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-81933, filed by the
  Registrant on June 30, 1999, relating to the Registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive
  Plan.
  
  <PAGE>   4
                                     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 Town of Randolph, Massachusetts on May 7, 2001.
  
  
                                              NETWORK PLUS CORP.
  
  
                                              By: /s/ James J. Crowley
                                                  --------------------------
                                                  James J. Crowley
                                                  Executive Vice President, Chief
                                                  Operating Officer and Secretary
  
  
  
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
       We, the undersigned officers and directors of Network Plus Corp., hereby
  severally constitute Robert T. Hale, Jr., James J. Crowley, Robert J. Cobuzzi,
  and Jeffrey N. Carp, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with
  full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in
  the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
  herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement,
  and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as
  officers and directors to enable Network Plus Corp. to comply with all
  requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
  confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of
  them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  
  <PAGE>   5
       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 dates indicated.
  
        Signature                     Title                            Date
        ---------                     -----                            ----
  
                                Chairman of the Board                May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------
  Robert T. Hale
  
  
  /s/ Robert T. Hale, Jr,       President, Chief Executive           May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------   Officer and Director (Principal
  Robert T. Hale, Jr.           Executive Officer)
  
  
  
  /s/ James J. Crowley          Executive Vice President, Chief      May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------   Operating Officer and Director
  James J. Crowley
  
  
  /s/ Robert J. Cobuzzi         Executive Vice President, Chief      May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------   Financial Officer and Treasurer
  Robert J. Cobuzzi             (Principal Financial and
                                Accounting Officer)
  
  
  /s/ David Martin              Director                             May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------
  David Martin
  
  /s/ Joseph McNay              Director                             May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------
  Joseph McNay
  
  /s/ Lawrence Strickling       Director                             May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------
  Lawrence Strickling
  
  <PAGE>   6
                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
   Exhibit
   Number                       Description
   -------                      -----------
  
     4.1         Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share,
                 of the Registrant is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as
                 amended (File No. 333-79479)
  
     5           Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP
  
    23.1         Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
  
    23.2         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditors
  
    24           Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this
                 Registration Statement)
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        As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2001
  
                                                     Registration No. 333-________
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D. C. 20549
  
                                      FORM S-8
  
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                                 NETWORK PLUS CORP.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
                   DELAWARE                                       04-3430576
       (State or Other Jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
       Incorporation or Organization)                       Identification Number)
  
  41 PACELLA PARK DRIVE, RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS                     02368
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)
  
                        1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                               JAMES J. CROWLEY, ESQ.
                EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
                                 NETWORK PLUS CORP.
                                41 PACELLA PARK DRIVE
                            RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS 02368
  
                       (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  
                                   (781) 473-2000
  
            (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  2
                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Proposed         Proposed
     Title of                               Maximum           Maximum
    Securities              Amount         Offering          Aggregate          Amount of
       to be                 to be           Price           Offering         Registration
    Registered             Registered      Per Share          Price               Fee
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock, $.01       9,000,000       $3.30(1)        $29,700,000(1)        $7,425
  par value                  shares
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
       based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the
       Nasdaq National Market on May 2, 2001 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and
       457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933.
  3
                       Statement of Incorporation by Reference
  
       This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the
  contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-81933, filed by the
  Registrant on June 30, 1999, relating to the Registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive
  Plan.
  4
                                     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 Town of Randolph, Massachusetts on May 7, 2001.
  
                                              NETWORK PLUS CORP.
  
                                              By: /s/ James J. Crowley
                                                  --------------------------
                                                  James J. Crowley
                                                  Executive Vice President, Chief
                                                  Operating Officer and Secretary
  
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
       We, the undersigned officers and directors of Network Plus Corp., hereby
  severally constitute Robert T. Hale, Jr., James J. Crowley, Robert J. Cobuzzi,
  and Jeffrey N. Carp, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with
  full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in
  the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
  herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement,
  and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as
  officers and directors to enable Network Plus Corp. to comply with all
  requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
  confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of
  them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  5
       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 dates indicated.
  
        Signature                     Title                            Date
        ---------                     -----                            ----
  
                                Chairman of the Board                May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------
  Robert T. Hale
  
  /s/ Robert T. Hale, Jr,       President, Chief Executive           May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------   Officer and Director (Principal
  Robert T. Hale, Jr.           Executive Officer)
  
  /s/ James J. Crowley          Executive Vice President, Chief      May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------   Operating Officer and Director
  James J. Crowley
  
  /s/ Robert J. Cobuzzi         Executive Vice President, Chief      May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------   Financial Officer and Treasurer
  Robert J. Cobuzzi             (Principal Financial and
                                Accounting Officer)
  
  /s/ David Martin              Director                             May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------
  David Martin
  
  /s/ Joseph McNay              Director                             May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------
  Joseph McNay
  
  /s/ Lawrence Strickling       Director                             May 7, 2001
  ---------------------------
  Lawrence Strickling
  6
                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
   Exhibit
   Number                       Description
   -------                      -----------
  
     4.1         Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share,
                 of the Registrant is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as
                 amended (File No. 333-79479)
  
     5           Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP
  
    23.1         Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
  
    23.2         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditors
  
    24           Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this
                 Registration Statement)