Planned TDS service outages in Ruidoso, New Mexico overnight Jan. 15-16

Ruidoso-area customers: As part of our overall infrastructure restoration, TDS technicians must complete fiber splicing work to finalize connections to our new permanent equipment hub. This may result in a brief interruption of your TDS services in the overnight hours starting tonight. TDS will perform the necessary maintenance overnight January […]

Don’t click that link! Beware of text message scams

Text message scams are now one of the top ways fraudsters steal personal information, with over $10 billion obtained from victims.

Five tips to start the new year off right

The start of 2025 is a great opportunity to reset, refocus, and prepare for success.

Alert! Email phishing scheme hitting inboxes

Always think twice about account threats, don’t click links, and make sure the “from” email address matches the sender’s name.

TDS Whole Home Wi-Fi: A better way to stay connected

It’s time to say goodbye to Wi-Fi dead zones and hello to seamless connectivity.

Welcome to the TDS Connect Blog

Learn how TDS can keep you connected in the home and at the office with Internet, TV, TDS Fiber, DVR and phone services and solutions.

Biggest data breach in Internet history? Russian hackers steal over one billion passwords

What you need to know about the latest data breach to hit the news (possibly the world’s largest!), and what you should do about it.

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Adding Choices

It’s a new day, and that means new shows to watch and more channels to navigate through. Needless to say, my attention was grabbed with TDS TV’s announcement to add the Viacom family to the list of TV Everywhere content. I was even more excited to see a couple of my favorite channels and shows were part of that grouping.

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Weekly tech news roundup for August 1

This week: Amazon opens a 3D Printing Store if you don’t have one of your very own, there’s a been a breakthrough in battery tech that could make your cell phone battery last 400% longer, and be sure too take a peek at some “mood,” color-changing ice cream. Also, if you get lost a lot you might need a pair of Lechal shoes, and find out why the movie Lucy is based on a lie. And, if you have a few minutes, check out an interesting piece on the history of autocorrect.

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Golfing for the greater good

Every year, TDS puts on a golf event to benefit local charities. This year the TDS Open was as fun as ever, but the best part was the $30,000 raised for two worthy organizations. Find out more about the event and what the donation means for one of the charities.

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TDS Job fair July 30th!

We’re offering a rare opportunity to pass Go and collect $1,000—come to the TDS Job Fair on Wednesday, July 30th, from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at 525 Junction Road in Madison, Wis. We’re looking for motivated, experienced sales people to join our Customer Sales team. If you’re qualified, you’ll get an on-site interview—even better, we’re offering a $1,000 signing bonus and you’ll get health insurance that starts when you do!

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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; today we’re a rapidly growing technology company with 1.2 million residential and business connections.


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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