Exhibit 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
General Communication, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
33-60728 and No. 33-60222) on Forms S-8 of General Communication, Inc. of our
reports dated February 26, 2003, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets
of General Communication, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and
2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2002, and the related schedule, which reports appear in the
December 31, 2002, annual report on Form 10-K of General Communication, Inc.



                                    /s/

                                    KPMG LLP


Anchorage, Alaska
March 27, 2003