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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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Luke Bryan

Sticking to last week’s theme, today’s artist is also a judge on the newly rebooted American Idol. This album—his fourth major release—opened at number one on the Billboard 200 and the top country charts. It broke a million in sales in just a month and became the third best-selling album of the year and is Bryan’s highest-selling album to date. Whether you’re already a fan or he’s new to you, you’ll score a great deal that won’t crash your party.

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Blockbusters and award-winners coming to TDS TV on Demand

Biggest box office of 2017? Got it. Fourth biggest box office of last year? Got that too. Academy Award for Best Picture of 2017? Yes, we have that as well. This month, TDS TV on Demand has some of the biggest and best films of 2017.

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A serious case of spring fever on Hallmark

The Hallmark Channel has new movies and series just in time for spring. If you have Hallmark as part of your programming package, tune in and watch FOUR new movies and two new series (bonus: plus one more new movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!). Hallmark’s Spring Fever event starts on March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day—your lucky day!).

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Quiet Man

Movies to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

For many of us, St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most enjoyable celebrations of the year. To go with your Guinness beer and Shepard’s pie, we have put together list of Irish-related films that you can check out on March 17 (or any other date).

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Your 2018 NCAA Tournament Viewing Guide

Heads up, hoops fans! The best month of the year is finally here, with the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament set to start this week. Games officially begin tonight with the First Four, and the tournament gets underway in earnest later this week, with 32 games on Thursday and Friday. Find out how to tune in!

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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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