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 […]

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.

TDS TV Guides and How-To Videos available online

Have you lost your TDS TV User Guide but now have a question? Or maybe you’re interested in learning how to program your TDS TV remote control to control your DVD player too? Or maybe you’ve decided you want to […]

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Friday tech news roundup for August 9

Tech news for this week: anti-mosquito forcefields, Facebook photo auto destruct app, Yahoo! logo changes, how to make your own iPhone ringtones, speakerless headphones (?), and cricket-flour snacks. Kite anti-mosquito “forcefield” Maybe it’s just because I live in Wisconsin where […]

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Hints and tips for using the Google search bar

Did you know that in addition to checking your email, Facebook, and seeing the current weather, you can search Google from the TDS.net home page? It’s true (and oh so very handy). To make using the search bar even easier, […]

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Watch your language—your grandparents are probably on social media

Did you see the headlines (like this one, from the Washington Post)? The Pew Internet and American Life project released a new study on Monday showing that 72% of online adults use social networking sites. What’s more, people ages 65 […]

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In the spotlight: St. Paul, Minnesota

In St. Paul, the second most populous city in Minnesota, TDS provides business and residential service. And, it’s home to VISI, a TDS HMS company. But, if history had gone a bit differently, the mailing addresses for everyone in St. […]

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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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