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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HBO and Cinemax free preview coming up

Attention TDS TV customers: TDS and HBO® and Cinemax® are banding together to offer our customers a free preview Feb. 3-6. That means plenty of opportunities to see great new movies and TV series. HBO’s lineup includes recently-released films like […]

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Identity Theft Awareness Week: How to reduce your risk

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is shining a spotlight on identify theft with a week’s worth of educational opportunities to help keep you safe. Get the scoop from the FTC so you won’t miss a thing.

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Let’s get nuts: Celebrate National Squirrel Appreciation Day

The 22-year-old national holiday encourages you to appreciate the adorable rodents and all their quirks Awh nuts! Did you forget it’s Squirrel Appreciation Day? If so, don’t get too squirrely, because most people fall into that camp. Squirrel Appreciation Day […]

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TDS provides post-disaster consumer protection measures for customers in California

TDS continues to experience outages in California due to recent storms. Check our outage page for updates. As California residents continue recovering from recent storms, TDS Telecom (TDS®) will abide by several post-disaster consumer protection measures. In the event the Governor […]

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Don’t answer another online quiz question until you read this

Before you take a quiz to find out which Marvel character you are, ask yourself: Do I know who’s gathering this information about me — or what they plan to do with it? Read more about why you should take extra care before answering that online quiz.

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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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