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                                                                   Exhibit 23.16

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
Charter Communications, Inc.:

We consent to the inclusion in this Amendment No. 1 to registration statement on
Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications
Holdings Capital Corporation of our reports on the consolidated balance sheets
of Bresnan Communications Group LLC and its subsidiaries as of February 14, 2000
and December 31, 1998 and 1999 and the related consolidated statements of
operations and members' equity (deficit), and cash flows for the period from
January 1, 2000 to February 14, 2000 and for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, included herein and to the reference to our firm
under the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.

                                          /s/ KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado
February 8, 2001