Great Plains Communications Residential Blog
Find ideas to maximize your Great Plains Communications services, tech tips, and learn about upcoming shows and other exciting trends and news in our bi-weekly blog!
Advantages of Having a Landline this Winter
As the holiday season begins, do you ever feel like you are constantly making lists? From grocery lists to guest lists and Christmas wish-lists. Great Plains Communications wants to remind you of one more list that you won’t want to forget and that is for winter...
Don’t Forget to “Fall Back” this Sunday!
It is a common misconception that daylight saving time was created in the aid of farmers, to allow an extra hour of sunlight to work their fields. As we turn our clocks back this Sunday, November 4, 2018, Great Plains Communications has teamed up with our cable...
2018 Halloween Safety Tips
Jack-o’-lanterns line the sidewalk, patiently waiting to greet your little Dinosaurs, unicorns and pirates alike, lighting the way through the festive night. The doorbell rings and an assortment of candy fills each bucket and bag. Tomorrow is the big night, and there...
2018 Halloween Crafts
Halloween is next week, which means there is still time to do some fun and festive crafts to prepare for the spooky night. We are thinking outside the box and found some of our favorite Halloween crafts that the kids will love - and they don’t include cleaning or...
2018 Nebraska Lifeline Program
Great Plains Communications is raising awareness on one of the Universal Service Funds’ varied programs to help provide affordable telecommunications services to Americans. We are looking at the Nebraska Lifeline Program or Lifeline Phone Bill Assistance. The Lifeline...
Better Password Practices
While you check the lock on the front door each night before bed, make sure your car alarm is set as you walk away and keep your wallet in a safe place - are you taking the same thought and energy into cyber security? Your passwords are the lock and key to information...
2018 Halloween Cable Programming Schedule
It’s a spooky time of year and we aren’t talking about pumpkin carving or what costume you are picking out. Great Plains Communications has highlighted some of our favorite Halloween programming that we feel you just can’t miss this month. For starters, Freeform...
National Do Not Call Registry
Do you receive constant phone calls from unrecognizable phone numbers? Did you know telemarketers can legally call as late as 9 p.m.? Take action to stop these unwanted calls by registering your number with the National Do Not Call Registry. This registry provides the...
Meet a Customer Service Rep – Jerome Hilton
Customer service representatives are often the first point of contact a person has with a company. They are the voice to a brand and Great Plains Communications (GPC) takes pride in having not only a knowledgeable and friendly Customer Response Center, but a uniquely...
Sunspots this Fall
As you watch a thunderstorm, it’s hard to miss the immense power from a strike of lightening. Most people aren’t aware that the sun also has the ability to create a magnetic disturbance similar to lightening. When energy from the sun expands, solar flares are created,...
Back-to-School Giveaway Winners
Help us in congratulating our two Back-to-School Social Giveaway winners, Kelly Throener of Dodge, NE and Chelse Brazel of Wausa, NE! Each were randomly selected after commenting on our Homework has Evolved Facebook post, sharing the name of their favorite teacher...
Back-to-School Promotion and Social Giveaway
Education has evolved into a digital learning platform. Kids are being sent home with URLs to visit rather than books to read. And it isn’t just high school and college, but the younger grades as well. As education has evolved, homework has evolved and that is just...