Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Plan
Trustees
General
Communication, Inc.
Qualified Employee Stock Purchase
Plan:
We consent to the
incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S–8
(No. 333–152857) of General Communication, Inc. of our report dated
June 29, 2009, 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, 2008 and 2007, 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, 2008 annual report on Form 11–K of General
Communication, Inc. Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(signed) KPMG
LLP
Anchorage,
Alaska
June 29,
2009