CONFIDENTIAL

 

Exhibit 10.153

 

***** Confidential Portion has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment by the Company to, and the material has been separately filed with, the SEC.  Each omitted Confidential Portion is marked by three Asterisks.**

 

**THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT FOR ALASKA ACCESS SERVICES**

 

This THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR ALASKA ACCESS SERVICES (“Thirteenth Amendment”) is entered into effective as of December 21, 2007 (“Effective Date”), by and between **GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC**. and its indirectly, wholly-owned subsidiary, **GCI COMMUNICATION CORP**., both Alaska corporations (together, “**GCI**”) with offices located at 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-2783 and **MCI COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC**., d/b/a **VERIZON BUSINESS SERVICES** (successor-in-interest to MCI Network Services, Inc., which was formerly known as MCI WORLDCOM Network Services (“**Verizon**”) with offices located at 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147 (GCI with Verizon, collectively the “Parties,” and individually, a “Party”).

 

**RECITALS**

 

**WHEREAS**, GCI and Verizon entered into that certain Contract for Alaska Access Services dated January 1, 1993 (“Original Agreement”), as amended by (i) the First Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of March 1, 1996, (ii) the Second Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of January 1, 1998, (iii) the Third Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of March 1, 1998, (iv) the Fourth Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of January 1, 1999, (v) the Fifth Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of August 7, 2000, (vi) the Sixth Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of February 14, 2001, (vii) the Seventh Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of March 8, 2001, (viii) the Eighth Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Servicesdated as of July 1, 2003, (ix) the Ninth Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of January 23, 2005, (x) the Tenth Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of May 1, 2006, (xi) the Eleventh Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of January 1, 2007, and (xii) the Twelfth Amendment to Contract for Alaska Access Services dated as of December 13, 2007 (collectively, “Agreement”) which set forth the general terms and conditions under which GCI provides certain telecommunications services to Verizon; and

 

**WHEREAS**, the Parties desire to further modify the Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

**AGREEMENT**

 

**NOW, THEREFORE**, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

**I.  New Definitions**.  Section 1 DEFINITIONS of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the following new definitions:

 

“J.  Alaska Switched ***: A dedicated SONET-protected *** circuit  used exclusively by *** for the transport of *** Alaska Switched Voice Traffic between Seattle, Washington and Alaska.

 

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