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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Streaming Tunes Tuesday: Shovels and Rope

The American Music Association has nominated Shovels and Rope for four awards, and they’ve won two—and yet they’re likely an awesome group that’s never been on your radar. Pull them up today and give them a listen!

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FTC: This Hispanic Heritage Month, spot how scammers tell you to pay

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Federal Trade Commission is raising awareness about scams targeting Latino communities. Today, they’re focusing on the different ways scammers ask (or tell) you to pay. The FTC says: No matter what they say, don’t pay scammers ni un centavo (not a cent).

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Beyond Amazon: Other big online sales worth checking out

Amazon’s second Prime Day event of 2022 is starting October 11 with loads of savings well before Black Friday. This means other big stores are jumping in with some great deals and we’ve rounded up some of places you should start looking for competitive discounts.

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Streaming Tunes Tuesday: Sturgill Simpson

If Sturgill Simpson is new to you, this unique and award-winning country album should be on your streaming list. If you’re already familiar? Pull it back up and remember why you loved it the first time.

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FTC: Avoid scams in the aftermath of Merbok, Fiona and Ian

As recovery efforts continue in areas hit hard by mother nature’s recent bi-coastal punch, scammers are not far behind. They see tragedy as opportunity, and they’ll use the devastation caused by severe storms to try to take advantage of those affected.

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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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