Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Plan Trustees

General Communication, Inc.

 

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S–8 (No. 333–106453) of General Communication, Inc. of our report dated June 24, 2008, with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the General Communication, Inc. Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended and the related supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) which appears in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 11–K of General Communication, Inc. Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(signed) KPMG LLP

 

Anchorage, Alaska

June 24, 2008