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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TDS TV adds Game Show Network to Expanded TV lineup

Ready to play along? The Game Show Network (GSN) is now included in the TDS TV Expanded Package channel lineup! Previously GSN was only part of the Expanded Plus package, but now it’s available on channel 134 in SD and 1134 in HD to subscribers with either the Expanded Plus or Expanded programming.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Foo Fighters

Seeing how people can react to the most difficult things in life can be inspiring. For example, today’s featured act started after a tragic event and has turned into one of the best-selling rock acts of a generation.

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Watch out for online shopping scams this holiday season

If you’re someone who prefers to avoid the crowds by purchasing your holiday gifts online, be sure to keep an eye out for potential scams. According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), scammers are now using advertisements on social media sites, like Facebook and Instagram, to fool shoppers.

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Volunteer of the Quarter

For Rachel Margis, volunteering is a way to learn more about and become more involved in the Madison community. Five organizations benefit from Rachel’s various volunteer activities. She lends a hand at the River Food Pantry, designs jewelry for Bella Soul to fund scholarships for students with chronic illnesses, develops the marketing strategy for WE International, and more.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Default

For a band that went from formation to record release in less than two years, this is a very solid effort. Backed by the lead single “Wasting My Time” and followed up by “Deny” (which had had a fun, four-minute boxing theme featuring Muhammad Ali’s daughter Laila.) And to get it for only $6? An undeniable value.

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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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