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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated February 22, 1999, with respect to the combined
financial statements of the Picayune MS, Lafourche LA, St. Tammany LA, St.
Landry LA, Pointe Coupee LA and Jackson TN cable television systems incorporated
by reference in the Post-effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 Registration
Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of Charter Communications, Inc. for
the registration of shares of its Class A Common Stock.


                                       /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP

New York, New York

February 6, 2001