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Planned TDS service outages in Ruidoso, New Mexico overnight Jan. 15-16

Ruidoso-area customers: As part of our overall infrastructure restoration, TDS technicians must complete fiber splicing work to finalize connections to our new permanent equipment hub. This may result in a brief interruption of your TDS services in the overnight hours starting tonight. TDS will perform the necessary maintenance overnight January […]

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Text message scams are now one of the top ways fraudsters steal personal information, with over $10 billion obtained from victims.

Five tips to start the new year off right

The start of 2025 is a great opportunity to reset, refocus, and prepare for success.

Alert! Email phishing scheme hitting inboxes

Always think twice about account threats, don’t click links, and make sure the “from” email address matches the sender’s name.

TDS Whole Home Wi-Fi: A better way to stay connected

It’s time to say goodbye to Wi-Fi dead zones and hello to seamless connectivity.

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Learn how TDS can keep you connected in the home and at the office with Internet, TV, TDS Fiber, DVR and phone services and solutions.

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Two more 50th anniversary charitable donations

June marks the halfway point in the TDS 50 for 50 Golden Year of Giving initiative. The funds are being given to charities nominated and chosen by employees from all of the companies. In May we told about about three of the TDS-selected charities that were awarded funds, and we’re pleased to share that two more have been added to list of winners!

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Some small towns celebrate the 4th in big ways

In some cases entire towns commemorate the country’s independence—and some really do it up in style. Five of TDS’ communities were named as top small town places for celebrating July 4th in big ways. Check out what gives these cities an extra spark:

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The primary goal of marketing

“Why do you market your business?” Ask a dozen people and you may get a dozen different answers. The main answers I get from the majority of people are: “To make more money.” “To get more leads.” “To encourage people […]

•Business

How to control interruptions

Red light, green light: learn how to control interruptions at work. Let’s cut to the chase: the greatest impediment to your own productivity is you. It isn’t that you can’t do what you set out to do or that you […]

•Business

Spotlight on Jack Thomasson, That HGTV Dream Home Guy

Jack Thomasson may have been best known as that HGTV Dream Home guy for over 20 years, but this acclaimed professional house planner and entrepreneur has a diverse background in real estate, architecture, construction, landscape and interior design. At HGTV, […]

Investing in our communities

It’s our mission to create a better world by providing high-quality communication services—connecting people and businesses, supporting education, and strengthening communities. We started with a handful of telephone companies in small and rural communities; today we’re a rapidly growing technology company with 1.2 million residential and business connections.

In addition to serving customers, TDS takes a vested interest in the growth and success of our communities. From hands-on volunteering to in-kind and direct financial support, we believe in giving back. In fact, community involvement is so imperative to our core beliefs that TDS has a “Be Good Citizens” program, which provides our associates with 16 hours of paid volunteer time every year.

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Planned TDS service outages in Ruidoso, New Mexico overnight Jan. 15-16

Don’t click that link! Beware of text message scams

Five tips to start the new year off right

Alert! Email phishing scheme hitting inboxes

TDS Whole Home Wi-Fi: A better way to stay connected

Welcome to the TDS Connect Blog

Two more 50th anniversary charitable donations

Some small towns celebrate the 4th in big ways

The primary goal of marketing

How to control interruptions

Spotlight on Jack Thomasson, That HGTV Dream Home Guy

Investing in our communities

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