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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.18

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated March 16, 1998, 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 Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 and
related Prospectus of Charter Communications, Inc. for the registration of Debt
Securities, shares of its Preferred Stock and shares of its Class A Common
Stock.


                                          /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP

New York, New York

April 9, 2001