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'''Charter Communications''' {{NASDAQ|CHTR}} is a company providing [[cable television]], [[High-definition television|HDTV]], [[cable telephone]], and [[broadband]] services over 6.2 million subscribers in 40 states in the [[United States]]. It is #4 in the cable television market behind [[Comcast]], [[Time_Warner_Cable#Time_Warner_Cable|Time Warner Cable]], and [[Cox Communications]]

The company is particularly noted for its poor level of customer serviveservice, among the worst in the cable industry, and for employing criminals. In 2003, several senior Charter executives received felony fraud convictions.

==History==

*1992 The company was started by three executives of a local cable franchise in [[St. Louis, MO|St. Louis]]