Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
ALLEN PAUL G
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC /MO/ [CHTR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
505 FIFTH AVE SOUTH, SUITE 900
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/22/2006
(Street)

SEATTLE, WA 98104
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Program (1) 03/22/2006   S   1   03/22/2006 08/01/2009(2) Class A Common Stock 392,980,827 (3) (4) (5) (1) 1 I By Corporation (1)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
ALLEN PAUL G
505 FIFTH AVE SOUTH
SUITE 900
SEATTLE, WA 98104
  X   X   Chairman  

Signatures

 /s/ Gregory Landis, Attorney-in-Fact for Paul G. Allen   03/23/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Vulcan, Inc., ("Vulcan") of which the Reporting Person is the sole shareholder, is party to an agreement effective March 22, 2006 pursuant to which certain of its investment managers have a right to receive from Vulcan a performance-based fee based on the performance of certain assets including the Reporting Person's interests in the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
(2) Although this date may be earlier or later under certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of the Performance Program.
(3) Represents: (1) 29,126,463 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer; (2) 50,000 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer convertible at any time into Class A Common Stock of the Issuer on a 1-for-1 basis; and (3) 10,000 vested options to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. Please also see Footnotes 4 and 5 for additional information.
(4) In addition to the information described in Footnote 3, this number also represents: (1) 339,132,031 Class A and C Common Membership Units of Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC ("Holdco") held by corporations controlled by the Reporting Person, which units are exchangeable at any time for Class B Common Stock of the Issuer on a 1-for-1 basis, which in turn are convertible at any time into Class A Common Stock of the Issuer on a 1-for-1 basis; and (2) the Subordinated Accreting Note (the "Note") further described in Footnote 5.
(5) In addition to the information described in Footnotes 3 and 4, this number also represents the Note acquired by a corporation that is controlled by the Reporting Person in exchange for securities of a subsidiary of the Issuer, in settlement of a dispute between the Reporting Person, corporations controlled by the Reporting Person, the Issuer and certain subsidiaries of the Issuer, (i) whose holder may exchange the then-accreted value of the Note for membership units of Holdco, which units may be further converted into Class B Common Stock of the Issuer which may further be converted into shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer at any time and (ii) is exchangeable at the option of Holdco for membership units after February 28, 2009 under certain circumstances and is redeemable for cash by the issuer of the Note under certain circumstances. As of December 31, 2005, the Note represented 24,662,333 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer.

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