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!
Support Our Troops Program: Coming Soon!
Get ready for another year of Support Our Troops Program! Through this program, we have helped many of families provide a little piece of home to loved ones serving overseas. For those who may be new to the program, it provides FREE complimentary shipping to Great...
Halloween Contest for Your Ghouls and Goblins
The leaves are starting to change, some parts of the state have already been hit with snow. and the air is crisp. It must mean that Halloween is right around the corner! Here at Great Plains Communications, we are big proponents of having a safe and fun Halloween....
Cable One Dispute Will not Affect our Cable Customers
This week, Cable One, a company which provides service throughout the Midwest, Southwest and Northwest of America decided to drop certain networks provided by Turner Broadcasting. These channels included CNN, Cartoon Network and HLN. In return, Turner pulled the...
Top Questions about TV Programming
We have blogged in the past about how programming is selected for TV, and how local stations are assigned to different areas. However, why we do or do not have a particular channel in a particular area continues to be one of the most frequent questions that we get....
Congratulations to our Survey Winner!
Say congratulations to our quarterly customer survey winner, Judy Wilson! If you have been a Great Plains Communications customer for more than a year, you have likely seen our quarterly survey. The survey helps us to get feedback about how customers feel about our...
In Case You Missed It – The Fall Season Guide for Premiere Week
We've recommended our favorite comedies and dramas of the 2013 Fall Season, but here is a list of the all the premieres this week! What's your favorite?
Why Your Home Wi-Fi Could Save You Big Money on Your Cell Phone Bill
When you think of your Smartphone and tablet, you may not immediately think of your home Internet connection. However, that would be a big mistake. In a world where you can stream Husker games live, download whole software programs onto your device and even video...
Report Proves High-Speed Internet Increases Student Performance
It's always been common sense that the High-Speed Internet could help students with school. Now a new report proves it to be true! According to the 2013 Digital Future Report, 40% of parents surveyed reported that their children had experienced an increase in grades...
Question and Answer Series about Cellular Broadband: Part Three
Just about every wireless company now offers some type of "mobile or cellular broadband" for home use. These companies tout the service as being as valuable as home wireless networks. If a cellular company can offer equal speeds to a fiber-based Internet provider,...
Top Three Dramas of the New Fall Season
Last week we reviewed our top picks for new comedies premiering this fall season. Now we’re looking at some of the best dramas hitting the small screen in just a few weeks. There are a few favorites that we already covered earlier this year including Once Upon A...
Our Top Three Picks for New Comedies of the Fall Season
The Michael J. Fox Show Premiering on Thursday, September 26th at 8:30 CT Sure to be the sentimental favorite of the fall season, the Michael J. Fox show looks to be the funniest show for Fox since he was rocking the tie as Alex P. Keaton. The semi-autobiographical...
Who Chooses The TV Programs You Watch?
Recently SPEED became Fox Sports 1. The change came nearly overnight and left many racing fans in the lurch (pun fully intended!). Though, we would like to point out that there is still several hours of racing programming on the new network. We received several...