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!
Data Usage Part I: Data Hogs and You
In the past, we wrote a series about how to make sure that you’re getting the most out of your Internet speeds. Now we’re targeting the surprising ways that your Internet connection could be using significantly more data than you realize. Why is managing your data...
Congratulations! Our Marketing Team Takes Two New Awards!
Congratulations to our Marketing team! They took home two MIDI awards from the Mid-American Cable Show held on September 5-7th. The marketing team took third place in the Marketing and Promotion Category: 10,001 + 25,000 Division for the recent "Be Together" ...
Program That Helps Millions Faces Changes
It’s National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week and the FCC is asking telecommunications companies to spread the word. The Lifeline program provides discounted telephone rates for low income households across the nation. According to the FCC website, Lifeline...
Don’t Miss a Minute of the New Fall Season!
Recently we had a chance to review our top picks for the best new dramas and comedies for the upcoming season. If you haven't had a chance, you should definitely check them out! We know that there are a lot of great returning shows worth getting excited about, too....
Congratulations to the Olsons!
We have another winner! Our second "winner" of the Auto-Pay/Paperless Billing Contest are Kurtis and Leah Olson of Sutherland, NE who won a $200 Visa Gift Card! Just a reminder: It’s never too late to register for next month’s drawing. All you have to do to enter is...
Go Big Red! 2012
We’re only a few days away from Husker football and we couldn't be more excited! If you’re our cable customer, you can make sure that you know the time and channel for every Husker game by checking our Husker page at https://gpcom.com/bigtennetwork. You can also check...
The Best New Comedies of the Fall Season
Animal Practice NBC Debuts Wednesday on September 26th This new NBC offering provides what no other show this fall can: a monkey driving a mini ambulance. Set in a veterinarian hospital, Animal Practice is about a surly vet who treats the animals better than the...
Congratulations to Arnold and Callaway!
Last year, Great Plains Communications and the Hunt Fund offered a $25,000 Challenge Grant to the Arnold Community Foundation Fund and the Callaway Community Foundation Fund. We're very excited to announce that both cities have reached their goal and have earned...
The Best New Dramas of the Fall Season
It's one of our favorite blogs of the year. We've reviewed the full fall slate of brand new dramas and have sorted the best from the rest (and the just plain awful). Elementary Thursday, September 27th At first, we didn't know what to make of this new...
Senator Tyson Larson Joins Our Summer Coffee Series
Have you heard about our Summer Coffee Series? It's a great way for residents in our communities to get real, quality time with their state representatives. State senators share breakfast with their constituents while answering questions that matter most. Our next...
“Exeding” Demand: Capacity Will Soon Close for Satellite Internet
In the past, we have talked about our exciting partnership with ExedeSM Satellite Broadband Internet by ViaSat. It’s clear that our customers found the opportunity to experience broadband speeds via Satellite Internet exciting as well. ViaSat has experienced...
Congratulations Ken!
Congratulations to Ken Moreland! We are very pleased to announce that we have our very first winner of the Auto-Pay/Paperless Billing Contest! Ken Moreland of Merriman, NE won a $100 Visa Gift Card. Don’t worry if you didn’t win this month, we’re drawing a winner...