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
report dated February 20, 2004, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets
of General Communication, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and
2002, 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, 2003, which report appears in the December 31, 2003, annual report
on Form 10-K of General Communication, Inc.



                                                          /s/

                                                          KPMG LLP


Anchorage, Alaska
March 10, 2004