Great Plains Communications Business Blog
Stay up to date on industry trends and service offerings, and learn how our business partners are leveraging our fiber-based services to position themselves for success!
How does a company keep growing for more than a century?
When Great Plains Communications (GPC) was founded in 1910 by E.C. Hunt as a Nebraska phone company, human operators manually connected telephone calls by plugging and unplugging cords using a switchboard. As the industry evolved, the company stayed ahead of it,...
How to Meet Your Customer’s Digital Expectations With A Data-Driven Mindset
Digital tools and technologies have made our everyday lives so much easier that we’ve come to expect a streamlined, personalized digital experience whenever we contact a business. Simply order products and services online, from whichever device you’re currently using,...
What’s on the Digital Landscape for 2024?
Technology has long transformed our lives. The wheel, the printing press, the light bulb and electricity, the telephone, the PC and the Internet were all considered breakthrough innovations. Today, many are adding artificial intelligence (AI) to the list. Centuries...
Choosing the Right Internet Technology for Your Business: Fiber vs. Cable Modem
In today's digital age, a reliable, fast connection is essential for businesses to operate efficiently and stay competitive. When businesses lose connectivity, they lose money and customers. A fiber connection is the clear front-runner for successful business as the...
GPC’s Wireless LTE Backup Service Protection for Your Small Business
Have you had internet outages that slowed or even halted your business operations? For example, did your internet unexpectedly go down and your point-of-sale and credit card terminals stopped working, which subsequently brought sales to a halt? Or, have you ever lost...
How to Connect with the Best Customer Experience
How was your customer’s experience after they interacted with your business? Would they recommend your products and services to friends and family or, advise them to go elsewhere? The customer experience, or CX, is how your company can differentiate from your...
Foundations for a Successful Digital Transformation: Apps
Apps are the spark that’s inspiring organizations to embark on a digital transformation, moving from analog to digital platforms and services. Enterprise application software enables companies to significantly improve business operations and profitability and is the...
Foundations for a Successful Digital Transformation: Cloud
Our applications live everywhere. Our employees want to work from anywhere. Now more than ever, our customers expect to connect instantly, with high network performance. In a previous blog, “Foundations for a Successful Digital Transformation: Connectivity,” we...
Foundations for a Successful Digital Transformation: Connectivity
Customers today expect to connect from wherever they are to applications, information and services, no matter where these things are located without service interruptions. The expectation is that the connection itself should be virtually instantaneous and available at...
Digital Transformation: 10 Key IT Principles to Follow
As organizations transition their workloads and IT processes to the Cloud, they’re seeking the most simple but efficient approach to reap the full benefits of a digital transformation. Here’s a look at 10 key IT design and operations digital transformation principles....
Boys Town and Great Plains Communications – An Ongoing Technology Partnership
Boys Town is one of the leading nonprofit childcare agencies in the U.S. With nine sites across the nation that have services and programs ranging from hospitals to residential family homes to behavioral health clinics, a fast, reliable and secure fiber network is...
Cloud and Connectivity: Trends to Watch and Disconnects to Avoid
Are you looking for the best way to build your digital business and connect applications and workloads stored in hybrid (public and private) and multicloud platforms with various locations? Discover how to select the right broadband connectivity network and tools that...