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!
Why We Love Life in Small Town Nebraska
This summer we wanted to focus on the joys of small town life in Nebraska. From BBQ's with friends to summer parades to little league games, there's something special about living in a town where you know everyone. Here at Great Plains Communications we're...
Top 3 Sites to Find the Perfect College
Today’s blog is for all of the High School seniors out there. We’re taking a look at the best sites to help you find the perfect college for you! CollegeProwler.com – What makes this site so different, is that it contains reviews for students by students. That’s...
How the Internet Can Make Studying Easier
Kids don’t want to admit it, but the new school year is just around the corner. As kids head back to school this year, we want to take a minute to spotlight some great websites that can make this school year one of the easiest ever! Homeworkspot.com: This website...
Our Take On DIRECTV vs. Viacom
You may have recently heard that DIRECTV is currently in a dispute with Viacom. The disagreement has led to DIRECTV dropping Viacom owned channels including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. While we understand the frustration of DIRECTV customers who have lost...
It’s Your Last Chance!!
Don’t forget! The Olympics are almost here and we want to make sure that you’re ready with Watch TV Everywhere! It’s over 3,000 hours of Olympic coverage, including behind the scenes interview and exclusive footage. The Olympics start in just two weeks, so make sure...
Why Our Techs are Great
Our technicians are great. They’re helpful, leaders in their communities, friendly, and often go above and beyond when taking care of our customers. It may sound like corporate bragging, but the data bares it out. Our customers have time and time again rated our...
New Signal Provides Better Broadcast Reception
We've just cemented a deal that will allow us to provide a much more stable signal to our customers in Arnold, Broken Bow, Callaway, McCook, Oconto, Stapleton, and Sutherland. For a while now, we have been using what's called over-the-air signals to bring these...
Summer Coffee Series is back!
Each year, we here at Great Plains Communications host a series of coffees that bring together state senators who represent the communities that we serve with their constituents. Already this year, we have hosted Senator Lynda Brasch over in Bancroft. In just a...
The U.S. Swim Trials are Heating Up!
Micheal Phelps is his first Olympic Qualifying Event of the 2012 U.S. swim trialsThe U.S. Swim Trials are heating up right here in Nebraska and we want to make sure that you are catching all of the Olympic action! Don't miss out on our Watch TV Everywhere partnership...
Watch the Olympics Anywhere with Great Plains Communications!
Do you love the Olympics? Are you excited to catch every minute of the international action? Well then we have fantastic news for you! In partnership with Watch TV Everywhere, we’re offering more than 3,000 hours of exclusive Olympics footage that our Cable...
Grant Spotlight: Hayes Center
We're spotlighting our final grant recipient of 2012 - Hayes Center Elementary School! Hayes Center will use the $5,000 grant to support the Accelerated Reader (AR) program, which will help the district meet its goal to improve reading fluency and comprehension at the...
Celebrating Flag Day
Today is Flag Day. While no one gets the day off of work, it's still a pretty special day to many Americans. Flag Day is the celebration of when our founders chose the Stars and Stripes as our national flag. It was the first time that the entire country was united...