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                                                                    Exhibit 23.6

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Charter Communications, Inc.:


We consent to the inclusion in the registration statement on Form S-1, as
amended (Amendment No. 1) of Charter Communications, Inc. of our report relating
to the combined balance sheets of Helicon Partners I, L.P. and affiliates as of
December 31, 1997 and 1998 and the related combined statements of operations,
changes in partners' deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1998 included herein and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.


                                       /s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York

September 2, 1999

