Exhibit 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


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 and (No. 333-82712) on Form S-3 of
General Communication, Inc. of our report dated March 8, 2002, with respect to
the consolidated balance sheets of General Communication, Inc. and Subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, 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, 2001, and the related schedule, which
report appears in the December 31, 2001, annual report on Form 10-K of General
Communication, Inc.



                                           /s/

                                           KPMG LLP


Anchorage, Alaska
March 29, 2002