EXHIBIT 4.3.18B


                            AMENDMENT NUMBER 4 TO THE

                     QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                                       OF
                           GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC.


         THIS AMENDMENT is made this 23rd day of December, 2002, by General
Communication, Inc., a corporation having its principal place of business at
Anchorage, Alaska (subsequently called "Company").

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Company entered into and executed the Qualified Employee Stock
Purchase Plan of General Communication, Inc. (the "Plan") effective January 1,
1997.

         B. Section 11.6 of the Plan provides in part as follows:

         "At any time of the Company may amend this Plan and Trust by action of
         its Board of Directors . . . ."

         C. The Company now desires to amend the Plan and Trust.

                                    AMENDMENT

         NOW THEREFORE, the Company does amend the Plan as follows:

1.       Effective January 1, 2003, the references to "10%" in Section 4.1(a)
         and Section 4.1(b) of the Plan (relating to the limits on Participant
         elective deferrals) shall be replaced with "50% (but 12% for Highly
         Compensated Employees, as defined in Code Section 414(q))".

2.       Effective January 1, 2003, Section 10.1(x) of Plan hereby is amended to
         read in its entirety as follows

                  10.1(x) Qualifying Employer Securities Diversification Right:
                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, effective
                  January 1, 2003, each Participant will be permitted to
                  diversify (direct and change the investment of) that portion
                  of the Participant's Account balance that is invested in
                  Qualifying Employer Securities, as follows: Effective December
                  31, 2002, an accounting of the historical cumulative


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                  portions of the Participant's Account balance which were
                  invested in Qualifying Employer Securities as of December 31,
                  2002 (the "Qualifying Balances"), will be completed. As soon
                  as practicable after December 31, 2002, 100% of the Qualifying
                  Balances will be available for complete investment discretion
                  by the Participant under the terms of this Plan. The intent of
                  this subsection (x) it to permit Participants complete
                  investment direction over their Qualifying Balances. Amounts
                  contributed and invested in Qualifying Employer Securities
                  after December 31, 2002, will remain subject to the terms of
                  this Plan, excluding this subsection (x).

3.       Except as amended above, the Company hereby affirms and readopts each
         and every other provision of the plan and trust.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, General Communication, Inc. has executed
this Amendment by its duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth
above.


                                            GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC.


                                            By: /s/
                                                President
ATTEST:


By: /s/
    Secretary


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