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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.29

                                                                  CONFIDENTIAL

                    SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE

         THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE (the "Agreement") is
entered into by and between At Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("@Home") and Robert Tomasi, Jr. ("Employee") as of June 15, 1999.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1.       Step Down Date. On June 30, 1999 (the "Step Down Date"), Employee
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will cease rendering services to @Home and resign from his position as Senior
Vice President, Operations. Employee acknowledges and agrees that his employment
with @Home will terminate as of the Step Down Date.

2.       Severance and Other Benefits.
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         (a) Severance Pay. Home will pay to Employee, in addition to his normal
salary through the Step Down Date, a severance payment of One Hundred Twelve
Thousand and Five Hundred dollars ($112,500.00) gross (which equals Employee's
gross salary for six (6) months, less all applicable tax withholdings and other
standard deductions. Such severance payment will be made on the Step Down Date
provided that the seven day revocation period set forth in Section 14 below has
expired. If such revocation period has not expired by the Step Down Date, the
severance payment will be made immediately following the expiration of the
revocation period.

         (b) Accrued Vacation Pay. On Step Down Date, @Home will pay Employee,
less all applicable tax withholdings and other standard deductions, for all
unused and not lost vacation days accrued through the Step Down Date.

         (c) Medical and Dental Benefits; COBRA. Until the earlier to occur of
December 31, 1999 or the date that Employee obtains a position with a new
employer providing medical and dental benefits, @Home will provide Employee with
medical and dental coverage by paying Employee's COBRA expenses. Thereafter,
Employee may continue such coverage, at Employee's own expense, to the extent
provided for by COBRA.

3.       Expenses.  Employee will submit to @Home by the Step Down Date any
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unreimbursed @Home authorized business expenses incurred by him on or before the
Step Down Date and @Home will promptly reimburse Employee for such expenses.

4.       Stock. @Home granted Employee a stock option to purchase 400,000
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shares of @Home Series A Common Stock (the "Original Option Shares") with an
exercise price of $18.4375 per share pursuant to a Stock Option Agreement dated
November 25, 1997 (the "Original Grant"). @Home granted Employee a stock option
to purchase 25,000 shares of @Home Series A Common Stock (the "Additional Option
Shares") with an exercise price of $33.9375 per share pursuant to a Stock Option
Agreement dated May 1, 1998 (the "Additional Grant"). The parties agree that the
Original Option Shares and the Additional Option Shares (collectively, the
"Option Shares") will continue to vest through the Step Down Date in accordance
with the vesting schedule set forth in the Original Grant and the Additional
Grant, respectively (i.e. in both cases 2.083% per month). After the Step Down
Date, no further Option Shares shall vest except as otherwise provided for in
the Option Continuation Agreement entered into by Employee and @Home on even
date herewith. Employee may then exercise and purchase any of his vested Option
Shares that he has not previously exercised until March 31, 2000. Employee
acknowledges that any incentive stock options that he may hold will become
nonqualified stock options if Employee exercises such stock options

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more than three months after the Step Down Date. In all other respects, the
Option Shares will continue to be subject to the terms of the Original Grant or
the Additional Grant. @Home and Employee acknowledge and agree that the share
numbers set forth in this Agreement will be adjusted to take into effect @Home's
two-for-on stock split that will become effective on or about June 16, 1999.

5.       Proprietary Information. Employee will remain bound by the Invention
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Assignment and Proprietary Information Agreement that he executed with @Home. On
the Step Down Date, Employee will return to @Home all @Home proprietary
information in tangible form (e.g. customer lists, business plans, etc.) and all
other @Home property now in his possession (including, if applicable, his @Home
badge, portable computer, and access cards/keys).

6.       Section 401(k) Plan. Employee will no longer be eligible to make
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contributions to the @Home Network Retirement Savings and Investment Plan (the
"401(k) Plan") after the Step Down Date. On the Step Down Date, Employee's
contributions to the 401(k) Plan, if any, will be distributed to him or left in
the 401(k) Plan in accordance with his instructions and the provisions of 401(k)
Plan.

7.       Employee Release. Employee forever fully releases and discharges
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@Home, its predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents,
attorneys, employees and assigns (collectively referred to hereafter as
"Releasees") from any and all causes of action, claims, suits, demands or other
obligations or liabilities (except those set forth in this Agreement), whether
known or unknown, that Employee ever had, now has, or may in the future have,
that may be alleged to arise out of or in connection with his employment with
@Home and his separation therefrom (collectively referred to hereafter as the
"Employee Claims"), including, but not limited to: (a) any claims for wages,
stock, bonuses or expense reimbursements; and (b) any claims that any terms of
his employment with @Home or any circumstances of his separation were wrongful,
in breach of any obligation of @Home or in violation of any contractual rights
or any rights arising under any federal, state or local statute (including,
without limitation, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Older
Worker Protection Act). Employee further agrees not to sue or otherwise
institute or cause to be instituted or in any way participate in (except at the
request of @Home) legal or administrative proceedings against the Releasees with
respect to the Employee Claims.

8.       Other Claims. This Agreement extends to all claims of every nature and
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kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, past, present, or future,
arising from or attributable to Employee's employment with @Home or the
termination of that employment, and any and all rights granted to Employee under
Section 1542 of the California Civil Code or any analogous state law or federal
law or regulation are hereby expressly waived. Section 1542 of the Civil Code of
the State of California reads as follows:

         A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT
         KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE
         RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST OF MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS
         SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

9.       Stock Purchase Plan. As of the Step Down Date, Employee will no longer
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be eligible to participate in @Home's 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
"ESPP"), and @Home will refund to Employee all of the funds that he contributed
to ESPP after February 1, 1999 (i.e. the beginning of the current ESPP offering
period).

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10.      Confidentiality. Both parties agree that they will not disclose the
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terms of this Agreement to any other party except as required by law. This
covenant of non-disclosure is a material inducement to each party for entering
into this Agreement.

11.      Arbitration. Both parties agree that any dispute between them
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regarding any aspect of this Agreement or any of the terms or circumstances of
Employee's employment with @Home or the termination of that employment will be
resolved pursuant to confidential arbitration proceedings to be held in San
Mateo County, California, in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration Association. The parties agree that the decision of the arbitrator
will be final and binding upon the parties.

12.      No Admission of Liability. Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute
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an admission by either party of any claim, liability, wrongdoing, or violation
of the law, all of which are denied by both parties.

13.      Authorization. The parties agree that they have read and understand the
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foregoing Agreement, and that they affix their signatures hereto voluntarily and
without coercion. Employee further acknowledges that he has been given an
opportunity to consult with an attorney of his own choosing concerning the terms
of this Agreement, and that the waivers he has made and the terms he has agreed
to are knowingly made, conscious, and with full appreciation that he is forever
foreclosed from pursuing any of the rights so waived.

14.      Review Period. Employee has been advised (and acknowledges such
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advice) that he may take up to twenty-one (21) days to consider this Agreement
after the date it was delivered to him, that he should consult with an attorney
prior to executing this Agreement, that he may revoke this Agreement within
seven (7) days of execution and that this Agreement shall not be effective or
enforceable until the end of such seven (7) day revocation period. In order to
revoke this Agreement, Employee must deliver to the General Counsel of @Home a
letter stating that he is revoking this Agreement. In the event Employee revokes
this Agreement, the Option Continuation Agreement entered into by Employee and
@Home on even date herewith will also be revoked.

15.      Miscellaneous. This Agreement will bind the parties and their
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respective legal representatives, successors and assigns. This Agreement will be
governed by the laws of California. This Agreement may not be modified without
the written consent of both parties. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to this matter and
supersedes all prior discussions, agreements, and understandings except as
expressly provided herein. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties duly execute this Agreement as of the date first
written above.

AT HOME CORPORATION

By: /s/ Leilani Gayles                          /s/ Robert Tomasi, Jr.
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   Leilani Gayles                               Robert Tomasi, Jr.
   Vice President, Human Resources

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.30

                                                                  CONFIDENTIAL

                          OPTION CONTINUATION AGREEMENT

         THIS OPTION CONTINUATION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into by
and between At Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("@Home") and Robert
Tomasi, Jr. ("Employee") as of June 15, 1999 ( the "Effective Date").

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1.       Obligations of @Home. @Home granted Employee a stock option to purchase
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400,000 shares of @Home Series A Common Stock (the "Original Option Shares")
with an exercise price of $18.4375 per share pursuant to a Stock Option
Agreement dated November 25, 1997 (the "Original Grant"). @Home granted Employee
a stock option to purchase 25,000 shares of @Home Series A Common Stock (the
"Additional Option Shares") with an exercise price of $33.9375 per share
pursuant to a Stock Option Agreement dated May 1, 1998 (the "Additional Grant").
In exchange for the promises set forth in this Agreement, the parties agree that
the Original Option Shares and the Additional Option Shares (collectively, the
"Option Shares") will continue to vest and become exercisable from July 1, 1999
(i.e. the day after Employee ceases employment at @Home) through January 1, 2000
(the "Extended Vesting Period") in accordance with the vesting schedule set
forth in the Original Grant and the Additional Grant, respectively (i.e. in both
cases 2.083% per month). Accordingly, the parties agree that during the Extended
Vesting Period, 50,001 Original Option Shares will vest and 4,165 Additional
Option Shares will vest. Following the Extended Vesting Period, no further
Option Shares shall vest; however, Employee may then exercise and purchase any
of his vested Option Shares that he has not previously exercised until March 31,
2000. Employee acknowledges that any incentive stock options that he may hold
will become nonqualified stock options if Employee exercises such stock options
more than three months after the date that Employee is no longer employed by the
Company. In all other respects, the Option Shares will continue to be subject to
the terms of the Original Grant or the Additional Grant. Employee will not be
entitled to any other shares of @Home's capital stock. @Home and Employee
acknowledge and agree that the share numbers set forth in this Agreement will be
adjusted to take into effect @Home's two-for-on stock split that will become
effective on or about June 16, 1999.

2.       Obligations of Employee. In exchange for the benefits described in
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Section 1, Employee agrees to the following:

         a. Employee agrees to promptly provide @Home with any available
information relating to work previously performed by Employee for @Home upon
reasonable notice and request from @Home until January 1, 2000.

         b. Employee agrees that for a period of one (1) year beginning on July
1, 1999 and ending on June 30, 2000 that he will not recruit the services of any
@Home employee, nor encourage or otherwise entice any @Home employee to
terminate his or her employment.

3.       Confidentiality. Both parties agree that they will not disclose the
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terms of this Agreement to any other party except as required by law. This
covenant of non-disclosure is a material inducement to each party for entering
into this Agreement.
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4.      Arbitration.  Both parties agree that any dispute between them regarding
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any aspect of this Agreement or any of the terms or circumstances of Employee's
employment with @Home or the termination of that employment will be resolved
pursuant to confidential arbitration proceedings to be held in San Mateo County,
California, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association. The parties agree that the decision of the arbitrator will be final
and binding upon the parties.

5.      Miscellaneous.  This Agreement will bind the parties and their
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respective legal representatives, successors and assigns. This Agreement will be
governed by the laws of California. This Agreement may not be modified without
the written consent of both parties. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to this matter and
supersedes all prior discussions, agreements, and understandings except as
expressly provided herein. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties duly execute this Agreement as of the date first
written above.

AT HOME CORPORATION

By:  /s/ LEILANI GAYLES                          /s/ ROBERT TOMASI, JR.
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   Leilani Gayles                             Robert Tomasi, Jr.
   Vice President, Human Resources

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