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!
Throwback Thursday: Great Plains Communications Comes to Blair
The year 1925, Main St. Blair, NE As a Throwback Thursday, Great Plains Communications (GPC) would like to look back on their beginning in Blair. As a four-generation company with 105 years of experience, GPC is proud to service 90 communities throughout Nebraska with...
5 Fun Facts about St. Patrick’s Day
No matter if you are 100% Irish, 10% Irish, or just enjoy the land of Saints and Scholars, St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday enriched with history and culture. Great Plains Communications wants to highlight five fun facts about St. Patrick’s Day and the origin of the...
Spring Cleaning your Computer
Has your documents folder become the junk drawer of your computer? You don’t notice until your once fleeting load time has become more of a bathroom break between tasks. Well, it’s that time of year. Open up the windows, let the fresh air in and clean out those pesky...
Troubleshooting Home Network Issues
Having problems with your Internet connection can be frustrating and confusing. After your first 12 tries at the refresh button, you restart the device. All that does is gives you a few minutes to contemplate just how frustrated you are. It still doesn’t work. Great...
What Sunspots Mean for You
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,...
Tech Home – Keep Your Technology Secure
Living in a world of technology has made it easy for us to stay connected. We have 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...
Where is your Bandwidth Going?
Complaints of slow or poor Internet service are becoming increasingly prevalent in our technology driven society. Files are taking too long to download, videos keep buffering and the refresh button just doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Great Plains Communications...
Don’t Forget to Bundle!
Stop waiting around for each of your bills, to start your monthly budget. Bundle with Great Plains Communications and experience the convenience of just one bill a month. Get High-Speed Internet, Cable Television and Local & Long Distance Telephone services...
2015 Winter Premieres
Winter premieres have been in full swing since the New Year, with shows such as Togetherness, Galavant and Fresh off the Boat. Great Plains Communications has highlighted a few that will be starting this March and are worth keeping an eye out for. Secrets and Lies...
Valentine’s Day Throwback Thursday
Who was St. Valentine? When did romance first become associated with the holiday? How many Valentine’s Day cards are sent annually? Great Plains Communications is teaming up with the History Channel to provide some answers on the questions of the holiday....
Help us Celebrate Safer Internet Day 2015!
Safer Internet Day (SID) started as an initiative and has grown into a landmark event. Forming in Europe, the Insafe organization has grown above and beyond its original geographic zone and now celebrates in more than 100 countries worldwide, across all continents....
Help National Honor Society Students Shine on GPC-TV
As the school year is coming to a close, Great Plains Communications wants to take a moment to honor the academic achievements of the students in our community high schools. We understand the hard work and dedication these students have put forth in reaching their...