November 16, 2000

Contact:
Bruce Broquet, (907) 777-6660 or bbroquet@gci.com
David Morris, (907) 265-5396 or dmorris@gci.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GCI REACHES NEW LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICE MILESTONE 60,000

Access Lines in Service and Still Growing

ANCHORAGE, AK - - General Communication, Inc. (GCI) announced today that it has reached a major milestone among competitive local telephone companies. Four and one-half years after passage of the 1996 Telecommunication Act, the company has turned-up service on its 60,000th access line, representing 30.8 percent of the Anchorage telephone market. GCI estimates that this is one of the highest market penetrations in the nation for any competitive local provider.

According to Ron Duncan, GCI president, the company's steady increase in market penetration is good for both consumers and the company.

"Consumers are enjoying the benefits of true competition in terms of lower prices, more choices and better technology," said Duncan. "GCI continues to add new local customers and is on target to achieve its ninth quarter of above 6 percent sequential subscriber growth."

Duncan added, "GCI has acquired more than 2,000 new local access lines since September 30, 2000. Of this total, 1,000 new access lines have been acquired in the past 10 days largely because of the company's new local, long-distance and Internet package called The Real Deal. The continued success of our local service strategy in Anchorage and the excitement The Real Deal is generating reaffirms our expectations for fourth quarter revenues of $73 million to $75 million and EBITDA of $17.5 million."

Today, GCI provides facilities-based local telephone service in the Anchorage market to residential and business customers using its state-of-the-art digital switching and fiber optic network. More than 90 percent of its local access lines are carried on its facilities. Since GCI began local services in Anchorage in October 1997, the company estimates that its customers have saved more than $7.5 million in local charges, and the market as a whole has saved more than $18 million.

In October of this year, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska approved GCI's interconnection agreement with the incumbent telephone company to provide competitive local telephone service in Fairbanks and Juneau. GCI anticipates initiating service in those markets by the fourth quarter of 2001, and expects Fairbanks and Juneau consumers to experience similar benefits from effective competition as Anchorage consumers have.

GCI (NASD:GNCMA) is an Alaska-based integrated communications provider delivering voice, video and data services through its fiber optic, satellite, hybrid fiber coaxial and metropolitan area network facilities. More information about GCI can be found at www.gci.com.