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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TV is beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Tis the season to catch your favorite holiday specials and some new Christmas movies and specials. ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas schedule starts next week, The Hallmark Channel is kicking it into high gear starting tonight, and there’s more to look for too! Get programming highlights for the next month all in one place.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: The Cardigans

Sometimes big things come from small places. That’s the case for today’s group who, despite being from a country only 175,000 square miles, achieved world-wide fame. Their third studio effort held a track that rocketed them to fame after being featured on television shows and a very popular movie. Today, you can score the whole album for only $5.

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Ricki and the Flash

American Ultra, Shaun the Sheep and more coming to TDS TV on Demand

There may not be any blockbuster films, but TDS TV on Demand is serving up a host of first-rate films for Thanksgiving week. We’ve got an acclaimed music documentary, wayward sheep, rock and roll Streep and whole lot more. We also have TV highlights (including when to catch some of your favorite holiday specials!).

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Weekly tech news roundup for November 20

This week: the much-anticipated Star Wars Battlefront game hit the shelves and the reviews are in. Thoughts about the iPad Pro are also hitting the press, and find out why one of the biggest Kickstarters ever is becoming one of its biggest flops. Also, find out about a cheap and fast way to make your dumb smoke detectors smarter, and more.

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Seen on Pinterest: 10 Warm-You-Up Winter Soup Recipes

This week’s Seen on Pinterest highlights 10 filling, yet simple-to-make winter soups that can help banish bloat as well as keep you full, warm and satisfied all winter long. Best of all? Many of these dishes can even be prepped in a crockpot, letting you wake up to something delicious for a work lunch or leaving you with extra free time for holiday shopping and more.

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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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