@Home Network

@Home Network was a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002. It was founded by Milo Medin, cable companies 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. These cable companies were referred to as MSOs or Multi System Operators. At the company's peak it provided high ... more

@Home Network was a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002. It was founded by Milo Medin, cable companies 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. These cable companies were referred to as MSOs or Multi System Operators. At the company's peak it provided high speed Internet service for 4.1 million subscribers in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, and Benelux, operating four joint ventures, three of which were international. The Passing of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 enabled cable companies to start to offer Internet telephony services to customers. Brainchild of the company's first VP of Engineering and later Chief Technology Officer Milo Medin, the company got its start from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. On July 11, 1996, @Home Network went public with an initial... less