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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We’re trading convenience for safety — take precautions on public WiFi

New research has revealed we’re not being safe online—and especially not over public WiFi (even if we know the risks!). Find out what you’re probably doing wrong and learn what simple and fast things you can do to protect your identity…but still enjoy that free Internet connection.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Jeff Buckley

Rolling Stone, Jimmy Page, Brad Pitt, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie all agree this is one of the best albums of all time, by an artist many call the greatest song writer of all time—and odds are, you’ve never heard it. Find out more about Jeff Buckley’s Grace and score it for only $5.

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Insurgent, Hot Pursuit, Far From the Madding Crowd highlight new TDS TV On Demand

This week, TDS TV On Demand brings you the blockbuster “Insurgent,” the comedy “Hot Pursuit” and the critically acclaimed “Far From the Madding Crowd.” On the tube, don’t miss the final week of the long-running “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

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Community Connections: Field of Dreams, Bataan Memorial Death March, and Open Arms

TDS and its employees are out and about and participating in community events all over the country. Find out what we’ve been up to!

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Stevie Ray Vaughan deserves to be on the list of guitar greats, right along side of Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, and Eric Clapton. Texas Flood was his first album…and an awesome one at that, going double platinum.

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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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