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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 Amendment No. 1 to
registration statement (No. 333-56850) 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

April 9, 2001