Filing Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
                      Registration Statement No. 333-54394

               PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 12 DATED OCTOBER 4, 2001
                      TO PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 6, 2001,
   AS SUPPLEMENTED BY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
                                     AND 11

                          CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

     $750,000,000 of 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2005 and 34,786,650
      Shares of Class A Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the 5.75%
                        Convertible Senior Notes due 2005
                                       and
          31,664,667 Issued or Issuable Shares of Class A Common Stock


        This prospectus supplement relates to (1) $750,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2005 of Charter
Communications, Inc., and 34,786,650 shares of Class A common stock of Charter
Communications, Inc., which are initially issuable upon conversion of the notes,
plus an indeterminate number of shares as may become issuable upon conversion as
a result of adjustments to the conversion rate; and (2) 31,664,667 shares of
Class A common stock of Charter Communications, Inc. issued or issuable to
certain entities in connection with Charter Communications, Inc.'s purchase of
certain cable systems in 2000 plus an indeterminate number of shares as may
become issuable upon certain events. This prospectus supplement should be read
in conjunction with the prospectus dated February 6, 2001, Prospectus Supplement
No. 1 dated February 16, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated February 20,
2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 3 dated March 15, 2001, Prospectus Supplement
No. 4 dated April 3, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 5 dated April 30, 2001,
Prospectus Supplement No. 6 dated May 3, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 7 dated
May 18, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 8 dated June 5, 2001, Prospectus
Supplement No. 9 dated July 6, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 10 dated July 16,
2001 and Prospectus Supplement No. 11 dated October 1, 2001, which are to be
delivered with this prospectus supplement.

        The information appearing in the table below, as of the date hereof,
supersedes the information in the table appearing under the heading "Selling
Securityholders" in Prospectus Supplement No. 11:












                                                                                                   Shares of Class A
                                                                Convertible Senior Notes             Common Stock
                                                            -------------------------------     ------------------------
                                                                                Principal        Shares
                                                               Amount of        Amount of        Owned
                                                              Notes Owned       Notes That       Before      Shares That
                  Selling Securityholder                     Before Offering    May Be Sold     Offering     May Be Sold
------------------------------------------------------      ----------------    -----------     --------     -----------
                                                                                                

AAM/Zazove Institutional Income Funds, LP (GS)........         $1,300,000        $1,300,000         0          60,297
AFTRA Health Fund.....................................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
AIG/National Union Fire Insurance Ltd.................            800,000           800,000         0          37,106
AIG Soundshore Opportunity Holding Fund, Ltd. ........          3,500,000         3,500,000         0         162,338
AIG Soundshore Strategic Holding Fund, Ltd............          4,000,000         4,000,000         0         185,529
AIM Strategic Income Fund.............................          1,500,000         1,500,000         0          69,573
Alexandra Global Investment Fund I Ltd................          3,000,000         3,000,000         0         139,147
Allstate Insurance Company............................          1,500,000         1,500,000         0          69,573
Allstate Life Insurance Company.......................            375,000           375,000         0          17,393
Aloha Airlines Non-Pilots Pension Trust...............            245,000           245,000         0          11,364
Aloha Pilots Retirement Trust.........................            140,000           140,000         0           6,494
Alpha US Sub Fund VIII, LLC...........................          1,250,000         1,250,000         0          57,978
Alpine Associates.....................................          5,600,000         5,600,000         0         259,740
Alpine Partners, L.P..................................            900,000           900,000         0          41,744
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund L.P.........          4,000,000         4,000,000         0         185,529
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage
Fund (Bermuda) L.P....................................         11,000,000        11,000,000         0         510,204
Argent Convertible Arbitrage Fund Ltd.................         10,000,000        10,000,000         0         463,822
Aristeia International, Limited.......................          5,160,000         5,160,000         0         239,332
Aristeia Trading, L.P.................................          3,340,000         3,340,000         0         154,917
Arkansas PERS.........................................            800,000           800,000         0          37,106
Arkansas Teachers Retirement..........................          6,376,000         6,376,000         0         295,733
Associated Electric & Gas Insurance
Services Limited......................................            800,000           800,000         0          37,106
Bank Austria Cayman Islands, Ltd......................          9,125,000         9,125,000         0         423,237
Baptist Health of South Florida.......................            407,000           407,000         0          18,888
BBT Fund, L.P.........................................         16,000,000        16,000,000         0         742,115
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.(1)...........................          5,000,000         5,000,000         0         231,911
Black Diamond Offshore, Ltd...........................            281,000           281,000         0          13,033
BNP Paribas Equity Strategies.........................         13,845,000        13,845,000         0         642,162
BNP Cooper Neff Convertible
Strategies Fund, L.P..................................          1,155,000         1,155,000         0          53,571
Boilermakers Blacksmith Pension Trust.................          1,075,000         1,075,000         0          49,861
Boston Museum of Fine Arts............................            170,000           170,000         0           7,885
Boulder II Limited....................................          6,762,000         6,762,000         0         313,636













                                                                                                   Shares of Class A
                                                                Convertible Senior Notes             Common Stock
                                                            -------------------------------     ------------------------
                                                                                Principal        Shares
                                                               Amount of        Amount of        Owned
                                                              Notes Owned       Notes That       Before      Shares That
                  Selling Securityholder                     Before Offering    May Be Sold     Offering     May Be Sold
------------------------------------------------------      ----------------    -----------     --------     -----------
                                                                                                

BP Amoco PLC Master Trust.............................          2,162,000         2,162,000         0         100,278
BT Equity Opportunities...............................          4,000,000         4,000,000         0         185,529
BT Equity Strategies..................................          1,500,000         1,500,000         0          69,573
C&H Sugar Company, Inc................................            385,000           385,000         0          17,857
Canyon Capital Arbitrage Master Fund, Ltd. ...........          5,400,000         5,400,000         0         250,464
Canyon Capital Realization (Cayman), Ltd..............         22,925,000        22,925,000         0       1,063,312
Capital Guardian Global Convertible Fund #011.........            290,000           290,000         0          13,451
Chrysler Corporation Master Retirement Trust..........          3,300,000         3,300,000         0         153,061
CIBC World Markets....................................          3,595,000         3,595,000         0         166,744
CIBC World Markets (International) Arbitrage Corp.....          4,000,000         4,000,000         0         185,529
Citi JL, Ltd. ........................................            117,000           117,000         0           5,427
Clinton Riverside Convertible Portfolio Limited.......          7,000,000         7,000,000         0         324,675
Common Fund Event Driven Company 6....................            107,000           107,000         0           4,963
Conseco Fund Group - Convertible Securities Fund......          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
DeAM Convertible Arbitrage Fund, Ltd..................          2,200,000         2,200,000         0         102,041
Deephaven Domestic Convertible Trading Ltd............         16,250,000        16,250,000         0         753,711
Delaware PERS.........................................          1,550,000         1,550,000         0          71,892
Delta Airlines Master Trust (c/o Oaktree Capital
Management, LLC)......................................          1,440,000         1,440,000         0          66,790
Delta Pilots D&S Trust................................            440,000           440,000         0          20,408
D.E. Shaw Valence, L.P................................          1,600,000         1,600,000         0          74,212
D.E. Shaw Investments, L.P............................            400,000           400,000         0          18,553
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc..........................         24,300,000        24,300,000         0       1,127,087
Double Black Diamond Offshore, LDC....................          1,168,000         1,168,000         0          54,174
Duckbill & Co.........................................          2,500,000         2,500,000         0         115,956
Engineers Joint Pension Fund..........................            700,000           700,000         0          32,468
Enterprise Convertible Security Fund..................            101,000           101,000         0           4,685
Evergreen Equity Income Fund..........................          7,000,000         7,000,000         0         324,675
F.R. Convt Sec. Fn. ..................................             85,000            85,000         0           3,942
Family Service Life Insurance Company.................            300,000           300,000         0          13,915
Federated American Leaders Fund Inc...................         18,500,000        18,500,000         0         858,071
Federated Equity Funds, on behalf of its
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund...................          7,600,000         7,600,000         0         352,505













                                                                                                   Shares of Class A
                                                                Convertible Senior Notes             Common Stock
                                                            -------------------------------     ------------------------
                                                                                Principal        Shares
                                                               Amount of        Amount of        Owned
                                                              Notes Owned       Notes That       Before      Shares That
                  Selling Securityholder                     Before Offering    May Be Sold     Offering     May Be Sold
------------------------------------------------------      ----------------    -----------     --------     -----------
                                                                                                

Federated Equity Income Fund, Inc. ...................         42,000,000        42,000,000         0       1,948,052
Federated Insurance Series, on behalf of its
Federated American Leaders Fund II....................          2,400,000         2,400,000         0         111,317
Federated Insurance Series, on behalf of its
Federated Equity Income Fund II.......................          1,600,000         1,600,000         0          74,212
Fidelity Financial Trust: Fidelity
Convertible Securities Fund...........................         13,250,000        13,250,000         0         614,564
Fortis Series Fund, Inc. on behalf of its
American Leaders Series...............................             50,000            50,000         0           2,319
Gaia Offshore Master Fund Ltd.........................          7,000,000         7,000,000         0         324,675
Gary Anderson Marital Living Trust....................            200,000           200,000         0           9,276
General Motors Employees Global Group Pension Trust...          3,500,000         3,500,000         0         162,338
General Motors Welfare Benefit Trust
(LT - VEBA)...........................................          2,500,000         2,500,000         0         115,956
Goldman, Sachs & Co.(1)...............................         57,673,000        57,673,000         0       2,675,000
Grace Brothers, Ltd...................................          2,500,000         2,500,000         0         115,956
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America............         10,200,000        10,200,000         0         473,098
Guardian Pension Trust................................            400,000           400,000         0          18,553
Hawaiian Airline Pilots Retirement Plan...............            220,000           220,000         0          10,204
Hawaiian Airlines Employees Pension Plan - IAM........            115,000           115,000         0           5,334
Hawaiian Airlines Pension Plan for
Salaried Employees....................................             25,000            25,000         0           1,160
HBK Master Fund L.P...................................         46,000,000        46,000,000         0       2,133,581
HFR Master Fund, Ltd..................................            200,000           200,000         0           9,276
Highbridge International LLC..........................         25,900,000        25,900,000         0       1,201,299
Hotel Union and Hotel Industry of Hawaii..............            490,000           490,000         0          22,727
ICI American Holdings Trust...........................            825,000           825,000         0          38,265
Island Holdings.......................................             50,000            50,000         0           2,319
ITG Inc...............................................            204,000           204,000         0           9,462
James Campbell Corporation............................            270,000           270,000         0          12,523
Jefferies & Company Inc...............................             10,000            10,000         0             464
JMG Capital Partners, LP..............................         10,500,000        10,500,000         0         487,013
Julius Baer Securities, Inc...........................            450,000           450,000         0          20,872
KBC Financial Products USA............................          2,000,000         2,000,000         0          92,764
Lancer Securities Cayman Ltd. ........................            800,000           800,000         0          37,106
Leonardo, L.P.........................................         11,950,000        11,950,000         0         554,267
Levco Alternative Fund, Ltd. .........................          3,173,000         3,173,000         0         147,171
Lipper Convertibles, L.P. ............................         12,000,000        12,000,000         0         556,586
Lumberman's Mutual Casualty...........................            722,000           722,000         0          33,488
Lydian Overseas Partners Master Fund..................         35,000,000        35,000,000         0       1,623,377













                                                                                                   Shares of Class A
                                                                Convertible Senior Notes             Common Stock
                                                            -------------------------------     ------------------------
                                                                                Principal        Shares
                                                               Amount of        Amount of        Owned
                                                              Notes Owned       Notes That       Before      Shares That
                  Selling Securityholder                     Before Offering    May Be Sold     Offering     May Be Sold
------------------------------------------------------      ----------------    -----------     --------     -----------
                                                                                                

Mainstay Convertible Fund.............................          7,500,000         7,500,000         0         347,867
Mainstay VP Convertible Portfolio.....................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
McMahan Securities Co. L.P............................            174,000           174,000         0           8,071
Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.(1).........            450,000           450,000         0          20,872
Morgan Stanley & Co.(1)...............................            350,000           350,000         0          16,234
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Convertible
Securities Trust(1)...................................          3,000,000         3,000,000         0         139,147
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan -
Active Member Fund....................................            390,000           390,000         0          18,089
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan -
Retiree Member Fund...................................             90,000            90,000         0           4,174
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...........................             46,000            46,000         0           2,134
Nalco Chemical Company................................            260,000           260,000         0          12,059
Nationwide Separate Account Trust, on behalf of its
Nationwide Equity Income Fund.........................            800,000           800,000         0          37,106
Navigator Offshore Fund Ltd...........................          1,597,000         1,597,000         0          74,072
Navigator Partners LP.................................            690,000           690,000         0          32,004
Navigator Special Partners LP.........................            213,000           213,000         0           9,879
Nicholas Applegate Convertible Fund...................          2,291,000         2,291,000         0         106,262
Nomura International PLC London.......................          9,000,000         9,000,000         0         417,440
Northern Income Equity Fund...........................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
OCM Convertible Trust.................................          2,270,000         2,270,000         0         105,288
Ohio National Fund, Inc., on behalf of its
Blue Chip Portfolio...................................             50,000            50,000         0           2,319
Ohio National Fund, Inc., on behalf of its
Equity Income Portfolio...............................            130,000           130,000         0           6,030
Onex Industrial Partners Limited......................          3,350,000         3,350,000         0         155,380
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund ..............          6,000,000         6,000,000         0         278,293
OZ Master Fund, Ltd...................................          6,000,000         6,000,000         0         278,293
Pacific Life Insurance Company........................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
Palladin Securities LLC...............................            500,000           500,000         0          23,191
Park Avenue Life Insurance Company....................            100,000           100,000         0           4,638
Parker-Hannifin Corporation...........................             79,000            79,000         0           3,664
Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd.......................            765,000           765,000         0          35,482
Pebble Capital, Inc. .................................          1,350,000         1,350,000         0          62,616
Pell Rudman Trust Company.............................          1,550,000         1,550,000         0          71,892
Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company
TEAMSTERS separate account............................          3,750,000         3,750,000         0         173,933
PGEP III LLC..........................................            500,000           500,000         0          23,191
PHEP IV, Inc..........................................            116,000           116,000         0           5,380
Physicians Life.......................................            549,000           549,000         0          25,464
PRIM Board............................................          3,115,000         3,115,000         0         144,481
Primerica Life Insurance Company......................          1,503,000         1,503,000         0          69,712













                                                                                                   Shares of Class A
                                                                Convertible Senior Notes             Common Stock
                                                            -------------------------------     ------------------------
                                                                                Principal        Shares
                                                               Amount of        Amount of        Owned
                                                              Notes Owned       Notes That       Before      Shares That
                  Selling Securityholder                     Before Offering    May Be Sold     Offering     May Be Sold
------------------------------------------------------      ----------------    -----------     --------     -----------
                                                                                                

Principal Investors Fund, Inc. on behalf
of its Partners Large Cap Blend Fund..................             40,000            40,000         0           1,855
Purchase Associates, L.P..............................          1,103,000         1,103,000         0          51,160
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds - Balanced Portfolio....            447,000           447,000         0          20,733
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds -
Conservative Portfolio................................            508,000           508,000         0          23,562
Putnam Convertible Income - Growth Trust..............          4,500,000         4,500,000         0         208,720
Putnam Convertible Opportunities and Income Trust.....            114,000           114,000         0           5,288
Quattro Fund Ltd. ....................................          3,000,000         3,000,000         0         139,147
Queens Health Plan....................................             85,000            85,000         0           3,942
R2 Investments, LDC...................................         42,000,000        42,000,000         0       1,948,052
Ramius Capital Group..................................            325,000           325,000         0          15,074
RCG Latitude Master Fund..............................            750,000           750,000         0          34,787
RCG Multi Strategy LP.................................            300,000           300,000         0          13,915
Retail Clerks Pension Trust...........................          3,000,000         3,000,000         0         139,147
Retail Clerks Pension Trust #2........................          2,000,000         2,000,000         0          92,764
Sage Capital..........................................          3,850,000         3,850,000         0         178,571
Salomon Smith Barney Inc..............................          1,030,000         1,030,000         0          47,774
San Diego City Retirement.............................          1,371,000         1,371,000         0          63,590
San Diego County Convertible..........................          2,960,000         2,960,000         0         137,291
San Diego County Employees Retirement Association.....          1,900,000         1,900,000         0          88,126
Screen Actors Guild Pension Convertible...............            745,000           745,000         0          34,555
Silvercreek Limited Partnership.......................          3,038,000         3,038,000         0         140,909(2)
St. Albans Partners Ltd. .............................          5,000,000         5,000,000         0         231,9113(2)
Starvest Combined Portfolio...........................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
State Employees' Retirement Fund of the
State of Delaware.....................................          1,720,000         1,720,000         0          79,777
State of Connecticut Combined Investment Funds........          3,805,000         3,805,000         0         176,484
State of Oregon - Equity..............................          5,025,000         5,025,000         0         233,071
State of Oregon/SAIF Corporation......................          9,785,000         9,785,000         0         453,850
SunAmerica Series Trust, on behalf of its Federated
Value Portfolio.......................................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
TCI Bresnan, LLC......................................                  0               N/A         0       9,098,006
TCID of Michigan, Inc. ...............................                  0               N/A         0       15,117,74
TCW Group, Inc. ......................................         12,075,000        12,075,000         0         560,065
The Class IC Company, Ltd. ...........................          3,000,000         3,000,000         0         139,147
The Estate of James Campbell..........................            356,000           356,000         0          16,512
The Travelers Indemnity Company.......................          4,956,000         4,956,000         0         229,870
The Travelers Insurance Company - Life................          2,548,000         2,548,000         0         118,182













                                                                                                   Shares of Class A
                                                                Convertible Senior Notes             Common Stock
                                                            -------------------------------     ------------------------
                                                                                Principal        Shares
                                                               Amount of        Amount of        Owned
                                                              Notes Owned       Notes That       Before      Shares That
                  Selling Securityholder                     Before Offering    May Be Sold     Offering     May Be Sold
------------------------------------------------------      ----------------    -----------     --------     -----------
                                                                                                

The Travelers Insurance Company
Separate Account TLAC.................................            289,000           289,000         0          13,404
The Travelers Life and Annuity Company................            304,000           304,000         0          14,100
TQA Master Plus Fund, Ltd. ...........................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
TQA Masterfund, Ltd. .................................          3,650,000         3,650,000         0         169,295
Travelers Series Trust Convertible Bond Portfolio.....            400,000           400,000         0          18,553
Tribeca Investments LLC...............................         27,500,000        27,500,000         0       1,275,511
UBS AG London Branch..................................         14,000,000        14,000,000         0         649,351
UBS O'Connor LLC (f/b/o UBS Global Equity Arbitrage
Master, Ltd.).........................................         10,000,000        10,000,000         0         463,822
UBS Warburg LLC.......................................          3,500,000         3,500,000         0         162,338
University of Rochester...............................             43,000            43,000         0           1,994
Value Line Convertible Fund, Inc. ....................            500,000           500,000         0          23,191
Value Realization Fund, LP............................         11,675,000        11,675,000         0         541,512
Van Kampen Harbor Fund................................          3,000,000         3,000,000         0         139,147
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.............          5,420,000         5,420,000         0          25,139
Viacom Inc. Pension Plan Master Trust.................             68,000            68,000         0           3,154
Wake Forest University................................          1,296,000         1,296,000         0          60,111
Wasserstein Perella Securities Inc....................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
While River Securities L.L.C..........................          5,000,000         5,000,000         0         231,911
Worldwide Transactions, Ltd...........................             51,000            51,000         0           2,366
Writers Guild Convertible.............................            435,000           435,000         0          20,176
Wyoming State Treasurer...............................          1,496,000         1,496,000         0          69,388
Yield Strategies Fund I LP............................          1,000,000         1,000,000         0          46,382
ZCM/HFR Index Management, L.L.C. (f/k/a Zurich HFR
Master Hedge Fund Index Ltd.).........................            100,000           100,000         0           4,638
Zeneca AG Products, Inc. .............................            150,000           150,000         0           6,957
Zeneca Holdings Trust.................................            375,000           375,000         0          17,393
Zurich HFR Master Hedge Fund Index LTD................          3,200,000         3,200,000         0         148,423



(1)     These entities and/or their affiliates have provided, and may from time
        to time provide, investment banking services to Charter Communications,
        Inc. and its subsidiaries, including, among other things, acting as lead
        and/or co-manager with respect to offerings of debt and equity
        securities.

(2)     Represents the number of shares of Class A common stock for which the
        selling securityholders may exchange their Class A Preferred Units in CC
        VIII, LLC and an indeterminate number of shares issuable upon such
        exchange, as such number may be adjusted under certain circumstances.







                                 ---------------

SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 3 OF THE PROSPECTUS TO READ ABOUT IMPORTANT
FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING THE CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES OR SHARES
OF OUR CLASS A COMMON STOCK.
                                 ---------------

These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the
accuracy or adequacy of the prospectus or this prospectus supplement. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

           The date of this prospectus supplement is October 4, 2001.