EXHIBIT 23.17

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 2 to  Registration
Statement No.'s 333-9535 and 333-9535-01 of FrontierVision  Operating  Partners,
L.P.  and  FrontierVision  Capital  Corporation  on Form S-1 of our report dated
April 10, 1996 (relating to the combined financial statements of the Ashland and
Defiance  Clusters),  appearing  in  the  Prospectus,  which  is  part  of  this
Registration  Statement,  and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts"
in such Prospectus.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
April 2, 1998