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                                                               Exhibit 23.01

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

  We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 333-31115) pertaining to the 1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the
1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan No. 2, the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
and the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan of At Home Corporation, the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-38833) pertaining to the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan
of At Home Corporation, the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-60037)
pertaining to the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan of At Home Corporation, the 1995
Equity Incentive Plan, the 1996 Equity Incentive Plan, the 1996 Directors Stock
Option Plan, and the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Excite, Inc., the
Stock Option Plan of Netbot, Inc., the 1997 Equity Compensation Plan of
MatchLogic, Inc., the 1996 Option Plan of Throw, Inc., and the 1996 Stock Option
Plan of Classifieds2000, Inc., the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-
81477) pertaining to the 1995 Stock Option Plan, the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
of Narrative Communications Corp., the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-
90327) pertaining to the 1997 Stock Option Plan and the 1999 Stock Option Plan
of iMall, Inc., the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-93339) pertaining
to the Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan of The
Hartford House, Ltd., the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-31532)
pertaining to the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan of At Home Corporation, the 1999
Stock Plan of Kendara, Inc. and the 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan of The
Hartford House, Ltd., the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-60049) and
the related Prospectus of At Home Corporation for the registration of 2,875,000
shares of its Series A common stock, the Registration Statement (Amendment No. 3
to Form S-3 No. 333-72669) and the related Prospectus of At Home Corporation for
the registration of 919,000 shares of its Series A common stock, the
Registration Statement (Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 No. 333-78419) and the
related Prospectus of At Home Corporation for the registration of $437,000,000
principal amount 5.246% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2018 and
5,724,700 shares of its Series A common stock, the Registration Statement
(Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 No. 333-91001) and the related Prospectus of At
Home Corporation for the registration of 4,769,696 shares of its Series A common
stock, the Registration Statement (Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 No. 333-94045)
and the related Prospectus of At Home Corporation for the registration of
10,673,549 shares of its Series A common stock, the Registration Statement (Form
S-3 No. 333-31530) and the related Prospectus of At Home Corporation for the
registration of 5,285,600 shares of its Series A common stock, and the
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-32228) and the related Prospectus of At
Home Corporation for the registration of $500,000,000 principal amount 4.75%
Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2006 and 8,846,246 shares of its Series A
common stock, of our report dated January 20, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedules of At Home Corporation included
in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.


                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP



Walnut Creek, California
March 30, 2000