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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.16

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
Charter Communications, Inc.:


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-effective
Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 registration statement on Form S-3 of Charter
Communications, Inc. of our reports relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Bresnan Communications Group LLC and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998
and 1999 and February 14, 2000 and the related consolidated statements of
operations and members' equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999 and the period ended February
14, 2000 which reports are incorporated by reference herein, and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.


                                       /s/  KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

February 6, 2001