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!
Increase Your Speed – Watch Your Bill Drop
Score big this spring with high speed Internet from Great Plains Communications. This is one promotion you won’t want to miss as you can increase your speed and watch your bill drop in price! Find out the multiple ways you can save this season, below: Add or upgrade...
2018 Husker Spring Game
If you aren’t planning on being in Memorial Stadium this Saturday, don’t worry about missing the big Husker spring game. You can still catch every minute of the action with BTN and BTN2GO. The game will be televised on BTN at 1pm CT this Saturday, April 21, and don’t...
Earth Day 2018
Technology is continuing to become more prevalent in our day-to-day lives, everything from arming home security systems from an app on your phone, to your fridge texting you the grocery list. However, people are continuing to make strides in “Going Green”, or looking...
Introducing ESPN+
Today, April 12, 2018 Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International’s BAMTECH Media in partnership with ESPN, launched their new subscription streaming service, ESPN+. This service is targeting avid sports fans on a broad and niche basis, offering subscription streaming...
Online Tax Tools
Tax Day is just about here, as April 17, 2018 quickly approaches. While filing taxes is never a super enjoyable task, it is something we all must do. Great Plains Communications wants to make the process a little easier for you, with a few online tool options....
Upcoming Spring Premieres
While spring plays out this April Fool’s joke with the unwelcome snow, grab a blanket and your favorite seat on the couch for these upcoming show and film premieres. Legion: Season 2 – FX, April 3, 2018 - 9:00 p.m. CT 6 Balloons – Netflix, April 6, 2018 ...
Easter Sweets
Easter weekend is almost upon us and we are all about some spring sweets. We have looked to our cable channel, Food Network and found some of our favorite sweet treats that the whole family is sure to enjoy. Viv’s No-Bake Easter Egg Cheesecakes This is a fun...
2018 Severe Weather Week
It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week and Great Plains Communications wants to remind you of some important tips and procedures to help keep you and your loved ones safe during severe weather situations. We provide local Weather on Channel 2 through GPC Weather, bringing...
March Madness Schedule Update
How is your bracket doing? This NCAA tournament has been one for the books, with the University of Maryland Baltimore County (No. 16 seed) beating Virginia (No. 1 seed) to multiple powerhouse teams being knocked off in the opening weekend. It should be an interesting...
Spring Equinox 2018
Spring is here! And it snowed on the drive to work this morning. Well, we are in Nebraska. So, if it doesn’t feel like spring, what about today makes us welcome the new season rain, snow or shine? Great Plains Communications has looked to our cable channel, History...
St. Patrick’s Day Recipes for the Whole Family
This Saturday, March 17, the color green will flourish throughout communities as people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Often thought as a drinking holiday accompanied by corned beef and cabbage, Great Plains Communications is here to share some of our favorite recipes...
Introducing SmartHub!
We are excited to announce that our new account management system, SmartHub is now live! This smart, fast and convenient system allows you to: View and pay your bill Receive notifications Report service issues Contact us about services or promotions To access...