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Charter Helps Students & Families Head Back to School.


Charter offers Back to School Bundles, Gift Cards, free laptops online

ST. LOUIS -- Students from kindergarten to graduate school are increasingly reliant on the Internet to assist with research, surfing the web, listening to music, and communicating with friends and family. And Charter's website, charter.com, is a popular web address for those looking for Looking for

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 a good value for high-speed Internet See broadband.  service.

A study conducted recently by Professor Kouider Mokhtari, of Iowa State University Academics
ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer.
 found that 95 percent of students reported using the Internet "every day or almost every day" to do things like e-mail (90.4 percent), chat using instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or  (63.8 percent), surf the Web (56.2 percent), listen to music (52.5 percent) and conduct research (47.7 percent). The study appeared in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.

"Charter.com is an increasingly popular destination for our customers during this time of year," said Jim Gallagher

For other people named Jim Gallagher, see Jim Gallagher (disambiguation).
James (Jim) D. Gallagher is a Scottish civil servant and professor.
, Charter's Director of Online Marketing. "We know that our high-speed Internet customers value having the fastest and most reliable Internet speeds available([1]), and the variety of online Back-to-School bundled offers." Students and their families also like Charter's Laptop-A-Day Sweepstakes which began July 15, 2009 and runs through September 15. "Our winners are grateful," said Mr. Gallagher. "In tough times, Charter is happy to assist students and families preparing for school."

Through charter.net, families also enjoy Charter's Learning Pack Online, which includes access to eight Educational Premium Online Services. From ABCs to SATs, Learning Pack Online can help students of all ages get ahead in the classroom. Charter.net currently offers a free 30-day trial period with unlimited access to educational services such as Nickelodeon's myNOGGIN, Encyclopaedia Britannica and Boston Test Prep for students preparing for SATs. Find out more at charter.net/learning and learn more about Laptop-A-Day Sweepstakes and Charter's Back to School offers by visiting charter.com/laptop.

([1] )Fastest/most reliable speeds compared to AT&T, Qwest and Verizon Internet offerings in Charter markets. comScore Throughput Report Q2-09.

About Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S.  

Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D.  and the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter Digital Cable[R] video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed[R] Internet access, and Charter Telephone[R]. Charter Business[TM] similarly provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment services, and business telephone. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media[R] brand. On March 27, 2009, Charter filed a pre-arranged plan and Chapter 11 petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court bankruptcy court n. the specialized Federal court in which bankruptcy matters under the Federal Bankruptcy Act are conducted. There are several bankruptcy courts in each state, and each one's territory covers several counties.  for the Southern District of New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
. Charter believes its operations are strong and expects to continue operating as usual during the financial restructuring. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.
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