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| FORM 4 |                   UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
+--------+                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
[_] Check this box if
    no longer subject         STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    to Section 16.
    Form 4 or Form 5       Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
    obligations may           Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
    continue. See            Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1934 or
    Instruction 1(b).      Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)

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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Carey                                James                         M.
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        (Last)                      (First)                        (Middle)

c/o Mediacom Communications Corporation
100 Crystal Run Road
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                                   (Street)

Middletown                         New York                           10941
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        (City)                      (State)                           (Zip)


2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol      Mediacom Communications
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Corporation - MCCC
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3.  I.R.S. or Social Security Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
    (Voluntary)
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4.  Statement for Month/Year                  January 2001
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5.  If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)


    ___ Director    _X_ Officer             ___ 10% Owner    ___ Other
                        (give title below)                       (specify below)

    Senior Vice President, Operations
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7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

    _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
    ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene- Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial Year) Month Indirect Owner- Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship (D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 1/22/01 J(1) 70,000 A (1) 70,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). (Over) SEC 1474 (796) Form 4(continued) Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D) Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) ative Year) Security --------------------------------------------------- Code V (A) (D) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class B Common Stock (2) 1/22/01 J(1) 70,000 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na- cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In- Date ative Secur- of De- direct (Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene- Year) ity Bene- Security ficial (Instr. ficially Direct Owner- -------------------------------------------- 5) Owned (D) or ship Date Expira- Amount or at End Indirect (Instr. Exer- tion Title Number of of (I) 4) cisable Date Shares Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock (2)(3) None Class A 70,000 (2) 146,844 D Common Stock - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Explanation of Responses: (1) The Reporting Person acquired 70,000 shares of Class A Common Stock from a third party in exchange for 70,000 shares of Class B Common Stock. (2) Shares of Class B Common Stock convert into shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Issuer's Restated Certificate of Incorporation on a one-for-one basis without payment of any conversion price. (3) The shares of Class B Common Stock are subject to vesting in five equal annual installments, which vesting period is deemed to have commenced on September 15, 1998. /s/ James M. Carey 2/8/01 ------------------------------- ----------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Page 2 SEC 1474 (796)