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!
Sign Up for Starz and Encore to Receive $25 Rebate!
Great Plains Communications is thrilled to be teaming up with Starz to bring you a very exciting deal. Customers who sign up for Starz and Encore between March 21 and April 30 can qualify for a $25 rebate. To sign up, all you need to do is fill out the rebate form and...
Severe Weather Week Tips
How do you know it’s spring in Nebraska? Last night, March 23, 2016 the following were issued simultaneously throughout the state: Tornado Watch, Winter Storm Watch, Winter Storm Warning, and Severe Thunderstorm Watch. It’s Severe Weather Week, and Great Plains...
Easter Recipes from Food Network!
Spring is finally here and Easter weekend is quickly approaching. Have the eggs all been dyed and the Easter baskets assembled? Are you making the traditional ham this year or looking for a recipe to mix things up? With the help from our cable channel, Food Network,...
St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
The color green has flooded the office today, but the festive color isn’t the only tradition associated with St. Patrick’s Day. Have you decided what you are cooking for dinner tonight? Will you stick with Corned Beef and Cabbage or mix it up with something else?...
Are You Ready for March Madness?
Selection Sunday is behind us and the match-ups have been decided. Who do you have going all the way in the NCAA March Madness tournament? Official brackets are littered through businesses, friends groups and family homes as the nation finalizes their predictions...
Meet a Tech – Travis Madron
Travis Madron joined the Great Plains Communications team just over a month ago, finding a place in the Red Cloud, NE community as a Broadband Technician. Growing up along the Republican River in McCook, NE, Madron knew the life of a small town and feels right at home...
Spring Cleaning Your Electronics
The temperatures are beginning to rise as Spring quickly approaches. People are starting to open their windows to air out the stuffiness and cleaning out the bulk of winter. It’s just about spring cleaning time! Great Plains Communications wants to remind you that it...
New Shows to Watch For!
As some of our favorite shows are starting up again after the winter break, there are a few new faces coming across the screens, along with some nostalgic ones. Great Plains Communications has picked our favorite three new shows and provided a taste of each below....
Sunspots and Your Cable Service
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,...
The History of a Leap Year
Approximately every four years, February 29 is added to our calendars and we experience a Leap Year. This has been going on since before we can remember, but do you know just how long that is or why the mysterious extra day is added? Great Plains Communications wants...
Keep Your Technology Secure with Tech Home
We live in a technology driven world, with friends, businesses and online information all at our fingertips. Our lives have become a constant stream of emails and newsfeeds connected between multiple devices. Great Plains Communications wants to make sure you...
Business Appreciation – Strategic Air & Space Museum
Great Plains Communications is proud to highlight another one of our business customers, The Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. The Strategic Air & Space Museum is a 330,000-square-foot facility near Exit 426 on Interstate 80 next to Mahoney State...