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<LEGEND>
FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE FOR OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, LP FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPT. 30, 1999.  INFORMATION IS ONLY INCLUDED FOR OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS LP(A
REGISTRANT) AND DOES NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION FOR OLYMPUS CAPITAL CORP., WHICH
HAS NO OPERATIONS.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000861255
<NAME> OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.
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<FN>
<F1>RECEIVABLES NET OF ALLOWANCE
<F2>PP&E NET OF DEPRECIATION
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