Charter Business Networks

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2001

Charter Business Networks (CBN) Reaches Out to Support the Community of Madison

Over three-quarters of the entire CBN staff provides its time and talent to the Salvation Army in Madison, Wisconsin.

Madison, WI - Charter Business Networks (CBN), wholly owned subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR), supports the Salvation Army in Madison, WI, home of its regional headquarters, by volunteering the time and talents of over three-quarters of its staff this Wednesday. The team of 50-plus workers will assist the Salvation Army with miscellaneous chores including meal preparation, administrative duties and outside yard work. In addition, Charter Business Networks will provide a $1,000 donation to the Salvation Army for assistance in meeting its mission.

CBN regularly combines philanthropic activities with its team meetings. Donating time and money into the communities it serves is one way that CBN expresses its commitment to corporate citizenship, one of nine core values at Charter.

Charter Communications, a Wired World™ company, is among the nation’s largest broadband communications companies, currently serving some 7 million customers in 40 states.

Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services to the home, including cable television on an advanced digital video programming platform marketed under the Charter Digital Cable™ brand and high-speed Internet access via Charter Pipeline™. Commercial high-speed data, video and Internet solutions are provided under the Charter Business Networks™ brand. Advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media™ brand.

A Fortune 500 company, Charter is the 2001 recipient of the Outstanding Corporate Growth Award from the Association for Corporate Growth, the 2001 R.E. "Ted" Turner Innovator of the Year Award from the Southern Cable Telecommunications Association, and the 2000 Innovator Award for Technology from Cablevision Magazine. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.

For more information, contact:
Traci Gerth (608) 238-9670 Ext. 288