Set your DVR: Hot summer TV

From new series and movies, to returning favorites and special events, there’s lots to watch. Grab a cool drink and your TDS TV+ remote so you don’t miss a moment!

How TDS is meeting the growing demand for speed

As a new report shows demand for faster internet at an all-time high, TDS continues working to expand its fiber service footprint.

Three easy steps to switch to TDS Mobile

TDS is excited to bring mobile service to more communities across our service area.

How TDS enables its associates to ‘Be Good Citizens’

Company associates recently volunteered a record number of hours in communities across the country.

How TDS’ solution helped a Ruidoso, NM business adapt amidst a natural disaster

Service reliability and performance are crucial every day, but especially during a crisis. Here’s how TDS helped a small business stay connected during a natural disaster.

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 launches new channel—Ride TV

Hold your horses—anything and everything horse related is on TDS’ newest channel, Ride TV. The 24-hour Ride TV network is the first and only television network dedicated to showcasing equestrian sports, culture, and lifestyle. Get the scoop on where to find this new offering.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres

This album has been named a top 500 albums of all time (twice), and bands like Motorhead and Phish have covered tracks off this record dozens (and dozens) of times. And really, what’s the longest anyone in the U.S. really goes without hearing “La Grange”? Maybe a week or two? This album is massive and worthy, in honor of Dusty Hill, a listen.

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Scholarships and Programs for Young Learners

With children going back to school, it’s a great time to look into educational opportunities that may help prepare them for their futures or even help with future educational costs. Programs and scholarships are for more than just kids headed to college—they can also be for students as young as their first year of elementary school.

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10 online tools for every college student

College is no joke. From struggling with writer’s block to forking out hundreds of dollars for textbooks, you face many challenges before earning that degree. Here are 10 online tools to check out, bookmark, and use to make college a little easier.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Ben Rector

Ben Rector’s folk pop lyrics make you sit down and contemplate what you just heard and relate it to your own life. Some tracks on this album are a bit more playful and upbeat, but overall it still gives you vibes of intimate, personal songwriting that makes the genre so special. Take a listen 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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