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!
GPC Lab: The Internet is a Series of Tubes
“Scientist” Jeremy is back with another GPC Lab video to discuss your Internet delivery method. As he demonstrates - speed is speed or 15 Mbps is 15 Mbps - no matter if it is delivered by coax, copper or fiber to the home. These materials are represented in the video...
Tips to Keeping your Electronics Cool this Summer
We are in the middle of summer and the temperatures are staying hot and steady. Are you keeping your electronics cool through the heat? Extreme heat can be potentially detrimental to your expensive gadgets. Great Plains Communications has some tips on keeping not only...
Shark Week Starts this Sunday!
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week starts this Sunday, July 22. It’s the 30th anniversary, so you know they are doing it up big with some of their most adrenaline pumping shows yet and familiar faces you won't want to miss. Throughout the week, you can expect shows such...
Virtual Summer Giveaway Winners
Help us in congratulating our two Virtual Summer Giveaway winners, Cindy Frey of Stapleton, NE and Carrie Langer of Dodge, NE! Each were randomly selected after commenting on our Virtual Summer Facebook post, answering the question: “If I could go anywhere in the...
2018 Virtual Summer Giveaway
Imagine that vacation you never booked: your feet settling into the shifting sand as you watch the waves break in the distance. Now that is relaxation. But then you realize you’re just staring at a beach screensaver and your feet are actually freezing from the...
HBO® and Cinemax® FREE Preview This Weekend!
The HBO® and Cinemax® free preview begins tomorrow! Are you ready for all the action and drama? You will have access to chart-topping movies such as The Great Wall, Blade Runner 2049 and John Wick: Chapter 2. Not to mention HBO original shows such as Vice and the...
Fourth of July Dessert Recipes
Are you scrambling to think of a recipe to bring to the barbecue this holiday? Impress all the guests with these simple and festive dessert recipes we found from our cable channel, Food Network. Red, White and Blue Cherry Pies Keep it easy with a boxed pie...
2018 Fourth of July Safety Tips
Fourth of July is just a week away but fireworks sales are already booming. While there is much fun to be had, the holiday comes with some risk of harm and Great Plains Communications has a few tips to keep in mind so that everyone can enjoy a happy and safe time....
Don’t Miss the Premiere of Sharp Objects During the HBO® and Cinemax® FREE Preview!
It’s almost time! The HBO® and Cinemax® free preview will be here before we know it, starting Friday, July 6 through Monday, July 9. Hours of must-see movies like Justice League and IT, plus some of the addictive shows. During the preview, don’t miss the premiere of...
Take WatchTVEverywhere With You This Summer
It is officially the first day of summer! While you are busy enjoying the beautiful weather, or taking trips with family, don’t think you have to miss out on your favorite shows. Catch them all on your wireless devices with WatchTVEverywhere from Great Plains...
Virtual Summer 2018
Stuck at work this summer? Dreaming of that beach vacation that won’t seem to plan itself? Great Plains Communications is taking a virtual summer trip and we are inviting you along. Enjoy our online promotion of FREE Installation on ANY (high-speed Internet, cable...
2018 College World Series Info
Opening day is finally within reach, as thousands of people prepare to enter TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, NE for the NCAA College World Series (CWS), which runs June 16 through June 26. Opening Ceremonies will be tomorrow night, with a parade of teams marching from...