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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001269288-03-000006.txt : 20031201
<SEC-HEADER>0001269288-03-000006.hdr.sgml : 20031201
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20031201120243
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001269288-03-000006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031126
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031201

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENERAL COMMUNICATION INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000808461
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				920072737
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			AK
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2550 DENALI ST STE 1000
		CITY:			ANCHORAGE
		STATE:			AK
		ZIP:			99503
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9072655600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2550 DENALI STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			ANCHORAGE
		STATE:			AK
		ZIP:			99503

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRIME SKA 1 LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001269288
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15279
		FILM NUMBER:		031029293

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE AMERICAN CENTER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200 600 CONGRESS AVENUE
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5125054172

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE AMERICAN CENTER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200 600 CONGRESS AVENUE
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78701
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-11-26</periodOfReport>


    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000808461</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GENERAL COMMUNICATION INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GNCMA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001269288</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PRIME SKA 1 LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE AMERICAN CENTER</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 200 600 CONGRESS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AUSTIN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>78701</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See Remarks</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>

        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-11-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7775</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>16700</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>As GP</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>

    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These securities were sold directly by Prime VIII, L.P. and indirectly by the Reporting Person as the sole general partner of Prime VIII, L.P.  The Reporting disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The securities are owned directly by Prime VIII, L.P. and indirectly by the Reporting Person as the sole general partner of Prime VIII, L.P.  The Reporting disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>William Glasgow is the president of the Reporting Person and a director of the Issuer.  As a result, the Reporting Person may be deemed to be a director of the Issuer.  The Reporting Person does not admit that it has deputized any person to serve as a director on the Board of Directors of the Issuer, and nothing herein shall be deemed an admission of such deputization.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Danny Fennewald, Treasurer of Prime SKA 1, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-12-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

</ownershipDocument>

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