Archive | March, 2020

Five online resources to stay active at home

National policies regarding the COVID-19 virus continue to change. Recently, the Safer at Home Order has closed nonessential business and restricted residents in enforcing areas to stay indoors with exceptions for activities like exercise, grocery shopping, and dog walking. With… (Continue Reading)

COVID-19 challenges small business owners

March 29 is National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. A day to celebrate small business owners and a wonderful reminder that small business owners create local economic growth and provide 70% of all new jobs in this country. Unfortunately,… (Continue Reading)

Working at home? Spot the scam phone calls

During the Coronavirus outbreak, many people are working from home — and maybe even, for the first time in a long time, answering calls from unfamiliar phone numbers. It might be your colleague’s cell phone…or it might be a robocaller… (Continue Reading)

SHOWTIME® free trial now available

Enjoy a free trial of SHOWTIME® from now until April 19, compliments of SHOWTIME® and TDS. Watch the final season of Homeland, plus other critically-acclaimed original series like Billions™ and Shameless. Catch hit movies like The Upside and Second Act,… (Continue Reading)

Ideas to balance work and parenting at home

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many working parents with many questions: When will I be able to return to work? When will my kids be able to go back to school? In addition, parents working from home are left wondering:… (Continue Reading)

FTC seeing an uptick in coronavirus scams

Unfortunately, the Federal Trade Commission is seeing an uptick in scams involving the coronavirus. Everything from coronavirus “treatments,” to fake charities to those calling or emailing the public asking for their personal information before they can receive any government-issued checks.… (Continue Reading)

Cyber security tips when working from home

With the rapid increase in remote working, this brings new challenges including juggling work while kids are home from school; learning new software and conferencing programs; and managing paper files at home. Here are some tips for protecting your devices… (Continue Reading)

No sports to watch, check out these movies

For those who are missing sports, here are some films to watch while you are self-isolating. Baseball 42 is a 2013 film about the racial integration of baseball player Jackie Robinson, who wore jersey number 42. The film stars Chadwick… (Continue Reading)

Important news from TDS — COVID-19 Update for Customers

We are committed to keeping you connected. TDS is committed to offering reliable, resilient communications service to our customers, in good times and in times of crisis. We anticipate the COVID-19 viral outbreak will increase Internet usage demands as more… (Continue Reading)

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TDS announces free broadband access for new customers of low-income means, K-12 students, college-age households

Please note: this service ended June 30, 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, TDS Telecommunications LLC (TDS®) is offering new residential customers, who live in a TDS service area, broadband access to low-income individuals and/or families with children and college students… (Continue Reading)

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