Great Plains Communications Expands Fiber Network to Additional Nebraska Communities
May 09 2024 - 6:05PM
As part of its ongoing network expansion, Great Plains
Communications (GPC), the Midwestern digital infrastructure
provider delivering fiber-driven services over their 18,000 mile
fiber network, announced network expansion to an additional 5,000+
homes and businesses in urban and rural Nebraska communities in
2024.
The company recently completed projects and turned up fiber
services including symmetrical Internet speeds up to 2 Gbps. to
over 3,900 homes and businesses in Gretna, Papillion, Ralston and
additional areas of their existing Kearney, Nebraska footprint.
Additional urban Nebraska projects in progress include over
1,000 passings in LaVista, projected to be complete in Q3, 2024.
Several rural projects are also underway, made possible with
assistance of various government funding programs including
Broadband Bridge, Nebraska Universal Service Fund (NUSF),
Alternative Connect America Cost Model (ACAM) and the Nebraska
Capital Funds Project. These endeavors will extend fiber services
to over 1,500 homes in the following unserved or underserved rural
areas and are projected to be completed by year end: Arnold, Ewing,
Wausa, Hayes Center, Hay Springs, Herman, Imperial, Niobrara,
Petersburg, Stapleton and Winnetoon.
Joe Pellegrini, President and COO of Great Plains
Communications, said: “As a dedicated Nebraska technology partner,
we will continue to upgrade and extend our network year over year.
It is our goal to bring fast, reliable fiber-driven services to
more Nebraska homes and businesses, allowing residents and business
owners to leverage the power of technology to drive further growth
and progress in our home state.”
Great Plains Communications Fiber-Driven Products
- Residential
Services: Symmetrical internet speeds up to 2 Gbps, GPC iTV
streaming video, voice and GPC Whole Home WiFi powered by Plume
Home Pass.
- Business
Services: Symmetrical Internet with speeds up to 100 Gbps,
Managed Ethernet, GPC Cloud Connect, GPC Smarter Business Security,
GPC Managed WiFi, multiple voice options, GPC Wireless backup LTE,
SD WAN and Unified Communications.
To ensure the highest level of reliability, all services are
monitored at the Great Plains Communications MEF-certified 24x7x365
Network Operations Center in Blair, Nebraska.
About Great Plains CommunicationsGreat Plains
Communications is one of the largest privately-owned digital
infrastructure providers in the Midwest and is headquartered in
Blair, Nebraska. It has over a century of experience providing
business and residential customers in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska and
Southeastern Indiana communities with forward-thinking, fiber-based
technology services including high-speed internet, Ethernet, GPC
Cloud Connect, SD WAN, video and hosted and traditional voice
solutions. The company also takes pride in its progressive approach
to accommodating the unique needs of all regional and national
telecommunications carriers, LECs, ISPs, wireless carriers and
other service providers utilizing superior engineering and
custom-build strategies. At the core of its service offering is an
extensive, MEF-certified 18,000+ mile regional fiber network that
reaches 13 states: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota,
Wisconsin and Wyoming. The network offers community access rings,
last-mile and middle-mile solutions, all fully supported by the
company’s 24x7x365 Network Operations Center. For more information,
visit www.gpcom.com.
Laura Kocher
Great Plains Communications
4024566429
lkocher@gpcom.com