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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this Registration Statement of our reports covering the audited
financial statements of Charter Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries and
Charter Communications Properties Holdings, LLC and subsidiaries included in
Charter Communications, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and our reports covering CCA Group, CharterComm Holdings,
L.P. and subsidiaries, Long Beach Acquisition Corp., Sonic Communications Cable
Television Systems, Greater Media Cablevision Systems, Marcus Cable Holdings,
LLC and subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 1999, Helicon Partners
I, L.P. and affiliates for the seven months ended July 30, 1999 and CC V
Holdings, LLC and subsidiaries for the periods from January 1, 1999 through
November 14, 1999 and November 15, 1999 through December 31, 1999 included in
Amendment No. 1 to the Charter Communications, Inc.'s Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-41486), dated September 22, 2000, and to all references
to our firm included in this Registration Statement.

/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

St. Louis, Missouri,

February 6, 2001