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•Security

FCC: Get a one-ring call? Don’t call back

by Guest Blogger on May 13, 2019 0 comments

When you receive a phone call from a number you don’t know, and the call stops after just one ring, don’t call back.The Federal Communications Commission is noting that this scam is “ back with a vengeance.” Find out what you need to know.

•Network Upgrades

TDS® elects to receive $75.1 million annually from FCC’s Alternative Connect America Cost Model

by Guest Blogger on January 25, 2017 1 comment

TDS Telecommunications Corp.(TDS®) will receive approximately $75.1 million a year for the next 10 years from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Alternative Connect America Cost Model. TDS will leverage the funds to expand and improve broadband service to nearly 160,000 homes in 25 states over that time frame.

•News

Lifeline phone assistance program being updated

by Guest Blogger on September 7, 2016 1 comment

If you use the Lifeline phone assistance program, watch your mail for the annual recertification process—there are some changes coming to nine states that TDS serves. Find out where the changes are happening and how to get more information.

•News

TDS co-hosts FCC Chairman Wheeler, US Congressman Welch in Vt.

by Guest Blogger on August 10, 2016 0 comments

Scott Brooks, a state government affairs manager for Vt., N.H., Maine and N.Y. represented TDS last week at a roundtable… more...

•News

TDS meets with the FCC to advocate for change

by Guest Blogger on March 2, 2016 0 comments

TDS representatives have been a loud voice in Washington, advocating for new ways to make it more feasible to deliver a better Internet experience to rural areas. One of these ways is called the "model based approach" to funding.

Rural call completion: the problem and the progress

by Missy Kellor on June 12, 2013 1 comment

Whether you live in a rural or an urban area, you should know about a troubling phone problem: rural call… more...

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