EXHIBIT 23.5

The Honorable Mayor and Member of the Assembly
Municipality of Anchorage Telephone Utility Fund

    We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 of Alaska Communication Systems Group Inc. of our report dated
February 19, 1999 on the balance sheet of the Municipality of Anchorage
Telephone Utility Fund as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related
statements of revenues, expenses and changes in retained earnings, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998.
Our report contains a paragraph which emphasizes that the financial
statements represent the financial position and results of operations of the
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, Telephone Utility Fund and not the
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska taken as a whole.

                                          KPMG LLP

Anchorage, Alaska
December 2, 1999