Changing your TDS recovery contact and username

Whether you’re a long-time customer or new to TDS (welcome!), we want to pass along a few tips and tricks about managing your TDS account. Following these steps will only take a few minutes but will ensure you can always quickly and easily log in and make any needed updates—resetting […]

Don’t let cyber foes haunt you this October

Ghosts, goblins, and things that go bump in the night aren’t the only scary threats lurking this time of year. While Halloween is full of spooky surprises, Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as an important reminder that some of today’s most dangerous threats exist online. Cybercriminals are becoming faster, smarter, and […]

Back-to-school with TDS’ Education Assistance policy

Education can open new worlds and be a stepping stone to career growth, but the financial cost of higher education is often a barrier to earning a degree. TDS helps associates overcome that barrier with the Education Assistance policy, which reimburses up to 100% of higher educational costs. The policy […]

TDS helps schools recover after tornado

Working quickly in the aftermath of the storm, TDS teams helped ensure critical communications services were back in place.

TDS Open reaches new heights with historic donations to two nonprofits

What happens when passionate associates, fantastic vendors, and generous sponsors come together for a good cause? For TDS Telecom, it means making history. The 2026 TDS Open charity golf event raised a record-breaking $308,000, marking the largest charitable contribution in the event’s history. Held at University Ridge Golf Course in […]

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Travel Tuesday: Best Spring Break Destinations

For Travel Tuesday, Pursuitist’s award-winning travel editor Christopher Parr visited Live at 4 CBS and shared the Best Spring Break Destinations. It’s Travel Tuesday. Let’s escape to a sunny destination and recharge your soul until summer. Today, we’re going to […]

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Apocalyptica

No one—including the band—had any idea that orchestral covers of hard rock favorites would be so popular. If you’ve never given Apocalyptica a listen, you should really take a listen today. When you hear the artistry and originality, you’ll be convinced this group is way more than a simple novelty.

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FTC shares Census 2020 facts

The Federal Trade Commission is partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to help you guard against potential census scams. Knowing how the 2020 Census process works, what information you will — and won’t — be asked for, and some red flags will help you spot and report scams.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Rush 2112

This week’s Cheap Tunes Tuesday post is dedicated to the memory of Neil Peart. There’s no better way to pay tribute to this music legend—arguably one of best drummers of all time (if not THE best)— than listening to Rush’s 2112 today.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Kasey Musgraves

Flipping the calendar is a great time to check in on some tunes that aren’t part of your normal routine. Today’s featured artist hit the music scene with a roar in 2014 and she already has a collection of Grammy Awards and a CMA to boot. If you’re not familiar with her, now’s your chance.

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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; with 1.1 million residential and business connections, TDS’ mission is to create a better world through its communications services.


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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