February 23, 2004

Pebbles Athanasiou, GCI, (907) 868-5553 or pathanasiou@gci.com
Sarah Erkmann, Bernholz & Graham, (907) 561-4488 or serkmann@gci.net

GCI OFFERS MEDIA ACCESS

McGrath, Cripple, Galena, Unalakleet, White Mountain, Nome

ANCHORAGE- GCI enters its 11th year as the Iditarod's official communications provider and offers new Internet access points for news media to distribute their stories.

High-speed Internet hubs and race web cams will be available to the news media in the following checkpoints: McGrath, Cripple, Galena, Unalakleet, White Mountain and Nome. To access the Internet, media should have an Ethernet capable laptop. It is recommended that media have their laptop's configuration tested by GCI engineers at the Iditarod Media Briefing set for March 3. There is no charge to access these hubs.

GCI continues to provide the Iditarod Trail Committee high-speed Internet access at other checkpoints throughout the race, as well as local, celluar and long-distance telephone, networking and operational support and maintenance.

In addition, GCI is sponsoring the Halfway Checkpoint Award for the first musher to reach the Cripple Checkpoint, 534 miles from Anchorage. This year the winner will receive the Dorothy G. Page Halfway trophy and $4,000 in gold nuggets. GCI employees are volunteering for the Iditarod to provide staffing for the checkpoint.

GCI's total commitment to Iditarod exceeds $200,000 annually in cash and services.

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