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Data Saves The Day

Though Charter's equity and debt remain attractive investments, the company's fundamentals are another story. Apart from ongoing restatement and valuation issues, Charter is developing a nerve-racking habit of losing basic subscribers - shown here down 5%. Growing advanced services such as high-speed data have offset the lost revenue, but that can only go so far. Unless Charter addresses its erosion in basics, it's hard to see how the company will handle stiffening DBS competition.

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For the inside story on Charter's developing advanced services, see "Cable TV Investor" at www.kagan.com/cw.

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Data Saves The Day

Cable World, April 7, 2003

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