June 15, 2001

Donald Smith, Rogers, (907) 373-2288; donaldl@rogershsa.com
Dana Heidemann, GCI, (907) 265-5355; dheidemann@gci.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GCI SIGNS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENTWITH ROGERS CABLE INC. FOR ALASKA CABLE TV PROPERTIES

ANCHORAGE, AK -- General Communication, Inc. (GCI) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Rogers Cable Inc. to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Rogers American Cablesystems, Inc. (Rogers), a cable TV provider in Alaska. Subject to receiving regulatory approvals, Rogers Cable Inc. will receive $19 million in cash for the transaction.

"With this acquisition GCI will be able to provide a full suite of competitive telecommunications services to the residents of one of Alaska's fastest growing regions," said Ron Duncan, GCI President. "The proximity of these communities to GCI's existing Anchorage system will provide significant synergies and allow the rapid deployment of new services. Many of the consumers in these communities are already customers of GCI's long distance and Internet services. We look forward to providing additional services and to serving additional customers in these communities."

"Rogers Cable Inc. is pleased with the transaction", stated John H. Tory, President of Rogers Cable, "The Alaska customers will benefit from local ownership while Rogers will continue to focus on serving customers in its primary markets of Ontario and Eastern Canada."

Rogers currently has approximately 7,300 Alaskan subscribers with more than 10,000 homes passed. Communities served include both Palmer and Wasilla. The system offers 55 channels including premium channels.

GCI anticipates closing the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2001. The transaction will be subject to approval from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and the Federal Communications Commission.

According to Duncan, Rogers has 15 employees, which under current plans all will be transitioned to GCI upon closing.

Once regulatory approval is received, GCI will start the work necessary to interconnect the two cable television plants. It is planned that GCI will invest $3 million over the next two years to upgrade the plant and migrate technical and billing functions onto the GCI platform.

After close of the transaction, GCI will have approximately 130,000 subscribers in Alaska and pass 85 percent of the state's households.

Rogers Cable Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (Toronto: RCI.A and RCI.B; NYSE: RG). Its hybrid fiber-coaxial network is one of the most advanced in North America, delivering high quality entertainment, information and communication services to 2.3 million customers in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. Rogers' network is more than 84 percent two-way ready and is ideally suited for delivering interactive products and services that require significant bandwidth, such as Rogers@Home, high speed Internet access via cable. As Canada's largest cable operator, the company also owns and operates over 240 Rogers Video stores. Additional information on Rogers is available at www.rogers.com

GCI (NASDAQ: GNCMA) is an Alaska-based integrated communications provider that delivers 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