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!
Don’t Forget About Calling Features!
Most phones today come equipped with some form of voice mail and call waiting services. But Great Plains Communications doesn't stop there. They offer a list of calling features available through their land line service, ranging from personal ring tones, to speed...
The Tastes of Super Bowl Sunday
With the Super Bowl just around the corner, airing Sunday, February 1 at 5:30 PM CT on NBC, plans are being made. Will you be cheering on the Patriots or the Seahawks? What dish are you taking to the party? Do you have a safe plan to get home after the game? Great...
Succeed at Your Resolution with Auto-Pay and Paperless Billing!
Each year millions of Americans set out to better themselves in the New Year. Resolutions range from dieting, keeping an open mind toward others and giving up one thing or the other. One goal that has kept its place at the top of the list for many years is being more...
Are You Making the Most Common Mistakes of Password Security?
We live in an increasingly hackable world, where you no longer need a piece of metal with unique notches and grooves to get into some of the most personal aspects of someone’s life. All you need is a password. Do you use the same password for everything? Is your...
How to use your Parental Controls
Cable television has grown immensely over the past decade, new shows constantly starting, channel numbers growing and more opportunities to experience it with the entire family. However, not all programming is meant to be seen by every member of the household. That’s...
Find Out What Your Wi-Fi Can Get You in 2015!
Imagine lying in bed and the simple motion of reaching for your cell phone has become something more similar to reaching for a remote. Your Wi-Fi is now a connection from your bed to your coffee maker or the kitchen to your washing machine downstairs. Inventors are...
Check Out Our Grants and Scholarships!
May will be here before we know it, which means graduation for another eager group of high school seniors. Continuing their education will bring new experiences, exciting information and expenses. No matter if they go to a big University or a two year program at a...
Retransmission Consent Fees and What They Mean
Retransmission Consent Fees have become the bully at the front line affecting cable providers all around the country. Rural and urban alike, no company is exempt from the weight of this overwhelming expense. You may have noticed talk in the news and Online about the...
Congratulations Dodi Jessen – Our New Auto-Pay Winner!
Great Plains Communications wants to congratulate Dodi Jessen of Neligh, NE on being our newest Auto-Pay & Paperless Billing winner! By taking advantage of our Auto-Pay & Paperless Billing, she has won $200 worth of Visa Gift Cards. To be entered in the...
Still time for What’s on Your Wish List!
With ribbon strewn throughout the living room and colorful wrapping paper stuffed in each trash can, you watch as your family enjoys their gifts. A new gadget has been added to the family plan and a handful of movies have found places on the shelves. But what about...
How you can Track Santa this Christmas Eve
We live in a technology driven world, trying to grasp onto culture and tradition in hope of passing it down to the next generation. The holidays are a time when we area surrounded by traditions and a large piece of that lives in the charming belief of Santa Claus....
The Traditions of Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse Clement Clarke Moore’s A Visit from St. Nicholas has become an iconic poem shared by many during the holiday season. It embodies the excitement and joy the...