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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | July 11, 1996 |
| Founder | William Randolph Hearst III |
| Defunct | October 1, 2001 (5 years, 2 months and 20 days) |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Successor | Ziggo |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | William Randolph Hearst III (CEO) |
| Products | Broadband Internet access |
Number of employees | 1,350 |
| Subsidiaries | Excite |
@Home Network was a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002. It was founded by Milo Medin, cable companies Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), Comcast, and Cox Communications, and William Randolph Hearst III, who was their first CEO, as a joint venture to produce high-speed cable Internet service through two-way television cable infrastructure. At the company's peak, it provided high-speed Internet service for 4.1 million subscribers in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and the Benelux nations (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg). The company operated as four joint ventures, three of which were international. In 1999, the company acquired Excite. In 2001 the original US company filed for bankruptcy in the US courts. During the bankruptcy process, the Japanese partner bought the @Home trademark for use in Japan and the Benelux partner bought the @Home trademark for use in Europe.