Exhibit 23.1


The Board of Directors
General Communication, Inc.:

We consent to 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 March 7, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
General Communication, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999,
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,
2000, and the related schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2000,
annual report on Form 10-K of General Communication, Inc.



                                                          /s/

                                                          KPMG LLP


Anchorage, Alaska
March 30, 2001