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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Seen on Pinterest: Creative (and mostly DIY) Costumes for Any Age

Don’t get caught up in long lines at the party supply store this Halloween. Instead, take a DIY turn this season and try some of these creative costumes for any age. This week’s Seen on Pinterest lets you explore everything from the must-have looks from Frozen to creative couples costumes that won’t break the bank.

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Weekly tech news roundup for October 3

This week: Windows 10 is coming (no, not Windows 9), “elf yourself” with JibJab’s newest message app, and get the latest Apple rumors…and links to Shellshock patches for whatever OS you’re running on your Apple machine. Also, Facebook and Google are upping the ante with new ad offerings, the Garmin Vivofit and Vivosmart are getting great reviews if you’re in the market for a wearable, and Kickstarter-inspired Potatostock really happened. Want some more? Check out the low-tech but ingenious “invisibility cloak” that was just invented, and find out about some small crystals that can suck massive amounts of oxygen up like a sponge.

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Game Time: Inspiration, Perspiration, and Pixels

To stand out among the thousands of video games released on computers, phones, and social media sites every year, you need a hook. Paul Pridham is the mad scientist of Madgarden, and he took a few minutes away from creating the upcoming Death Road to Canada to answer questions about creating games for today’s demanding audiences.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Kayne West

In terms of controversial artists (heck, even just controversial people), our featured artist today would probably have his name in the dictionary. Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak album was universally panned by critics upon release, but now that a few years have passed, many have looked back on this album and remarked how it was essentially revolutionary to the genre. He poured his feelings out in a way most fans had never seen an artist do, and he did it with an almost reckless departure from his typical sound. Maybe didn’t pay off from a numbers perspective – but in terms of concept, perhaps second to none. Give it a shot for only $5—you may feel a little differently about him or his music after you listen.

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Weekly tech news roundup for September 26

This week: the internet is “Shellshocked” by a new bug worse than Heartbleed, MIT is developing a new shrink-wrap space suit, and check out a GIANT poster with just about every spaceship ever imagined on it. Also, get a load of a mini robo octopus, a new kind of fire hydrant for the 21st century, and the smartest lightbulb you’ll ever meet. If that wasn’t enough, I’ve rounded up reviews on the new BlackBerry Passport and have to admit being rather charmed by the idea of Polaroid’s newest introduction.

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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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