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.

TDS holds Week of Giving campaign

From supporting STEM learning opportunities to volunteering at local food banks, TDS associates held roughly 100 philanthropic activities during the third annual Week of Giving.

Top tech gifts this holiday season 

Need last-minute ideas for the tech lover in your life? Here are five gadgets that are sure to impress this year.

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GAC and RIDE TV rebranding

Effective Aug. 20, 2022, the GAC Family Channel (formerly GAC) will be the Great American Family channel and GAC Living (formerly RIDE TV) will be the Great American Living channel.

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Never too early to talk to your children about online safety

The best way to protect your children online is to talk to them. Not sure where to begin? We give you some ideas to get you started.

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Streaming Tunes Tuesday: Silversun Pickups

Silversun Pickups are an interesting listen for just about anyone no matter what music is in your wheelhouse. They’re not alt rock, they’re not exactly rock, but yet some of the guitar work might remind you of Smashing Pumpkins. It’s a solid listen!

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Outside TV being discontinued by programmer

Due to a programmer decision, Outside TV is being discontinued Sept. 1, 2022. The channel is currently offered TDS TV channel 650SD/1650HD on and channel 142 on TDS TV+. 

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Streaming Tunes Tuesday: Night Ranger

People often toss around the phrase “one hit wonder” in a derogatory manner—but in all reality, having one hit song is truly not a bad thing. Some of those songs were so huge and have shaped music history and our own personal memories forever. Night Ranger’s hit is still worth listening to today.

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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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