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                                                                   Exhibit 23.18

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated March 16, 1998, with respect to the combined financial
statements of the Picayune MS, Lafourche LA, St. Tammany LA, St. Landry LA,
Pointe Coupee LA and Jackson TN cable television systems included in Amendment
No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related Prospectus of
Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation for the registration of $1,943,000,000 Senior Notes and Senior
Discount Notes.




                                       /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP
New York, New York
August 2, 2001