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                                                                    Exhibit 23.8

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of
Charter Communications, Inc. of our reports dated March 19, 1999, relating to
the financial statements of Rifkin Acquisition Partners, L.L.L.P., and Rifkin
Cable Income Partners LP, which appear in such Registration Statement. We also
consent to the references to us under the headings "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Denver, Colorado


September 2, 1999

