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!
The Benefits of 211
Residents Broke Bread with State Senators
For the second year in a row, Great Plains Communications provided residents across Nebraska the chance to share a cup of coffee and talk with their state senate representatives. We want to say a big thank-you to all of those who came out and participated. In total,...
The Nebraska Telephone Assistance Program
Recently we talked about how important a landline can be to your safety in summer storms. Now we’re looking at what to do if you need help keeping your landline service. If you participate in programs such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, Supplemental Security Income,...
Safe and Sound – Securing Your Wireless Network
We’ve mentioned several reasons why you should secure your Internet connection if you choose to use a wireless router. Whether it’s to keep your speeds up or protect yourself from charges of copyright infringement, securing your router just makes sense. A recent...
What is the “Cloud?”
The latest buzzword in the Internet community is the "cloud”. Microsoft used it extensively in its advertising for Windows 7 and Apple just announced “iCloud” for music and movies. So what is the cloud and how does it apply to the average lifestyle? Simply put, the...
Grant Spotlight – Verdigre Public School
We’re proud to support two great new programs through a $5,000 grant from our “Commitment to the Schools” program to Verdigre Public School. The "Seeds of Tomorrow Garden Project" will create a 12 ft. by 100 ft. patio garden to help students learn about nature. The...
6 Tips for Keeping Electronics Safe in the Summer Heat
As portable devices such as laptops, iPads and smart phones continue to increase in use so does the potential for these devices to get fried in the summer heat. Here are a few simple ways to protect your electronics this summer season: It may sound like common sense,...
Another Chance to Win with Great Plains Communications!
Great Plains Communications is pretty excited about all of the ways that we’ve added in the last year to communicate with our customers. The GPC-BLOG, the YouTube channel, the Twitter account ,and the Facebook page each represent a new way that customers can interact...
Celebrate the 4th of July with Great Plains Communications
The nation’s birthday is right around the corner, which means the smell of BBQ’s and sight of fireworks are nearly upon us, too. To celebrate we’ve accumulated the best “fun facts” about Independence Day from around the web. Click on the highlighted areas to see...
When Getting Through Gets Tough
For a while now, we’ve been aware of a particularly frustrating situation affecting rural telephone customers around the country. Across the country, residents of rural communities are unable to receive long distance phone calls or are receiving calls of poor quality...
Don’t Miss Out: Husker Weekend July 1 – 3
It's an all Husker weekend on the Big Ten Network. Check out some of the programming highlights below! Friday, July 1 Noon ET Big Ten Welcomes Nebraska 1pm ET 1998 Orange Bowl – Nebraska vs. Tennessee BTN.com: Ahman Green live chat 3pm ET It’s Crystal Clear – Nebraska...
Keeping it Clean
Did you know that just a few easy maintenance tips can potentially save you hundreds in computer repair? Great Plains Communications understands how important it is to maintain your computer so we put together a few helpful tips to get your computer in top shape....