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                                                                   Exhibit 23.10

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Amendment No. 5
to Form S-1 for Charter Communications, Inc. (i) of our report dated March 30,
1999, except as to the agreement with Charter Communications, Inc. under which
Charter Communications, Inc. agreed to purchase Avalon Cable LLC's cable
television systems and assume some of their debt described in Note 12 which is
as of May 13, 1999, relating to the financial statements of Avalon Cable LLC as
of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and for the year ended December 31, 1998 and for
the period from September 4, 1997 (inception) through December 31, 1997; (ii) of
our report dated March 30, 1999, except as to the agreement with Charter
Communications, Inc. under which Charter Communications, Inc. agreed to purchase
Avalon Cable LLC's cable television systems and assume some of their debt
described in Note 13 which is as of May 13, 1999, relating to the financial
statements of Avalon Cable of Michigan Holdings, Inc., as of December 31, 1998
and 1997 and for the year ended December 31, 1998 and for the period from
September 4, 1997 (inception) through December 31, 1997; and (iii) of our report
dated March 30, 1999 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Cable
Michigan, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and November 5, 1998 and
for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 1997 and for the
period from January 1, 1998 through November 5, 1998 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

New York, New York

November 4, 1999

