Exhibit 10.17
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Andrew A. Merdek the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a five-percent (5%) beneficial owner of shares of the
Series A Common Stock of At Home Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Issuer"), statements on Schedule 13D (including
amendments thereto) and Schedule 13G (including amendments
thereto) in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such statements on Schedule 13D (including amendments
thereto) and Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto), and
timely file such statements with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Issuer assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the rules promulgated
thereunder.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file statements on Schedule 13D (including
amendments thereto) or Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Issuer, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this ___ day of April, 2000.
May 31, 2000 /s/ Anne Cox Chambers
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Date Anne Cox Chambers
