TDS Telecom
TDS Telecom is an American telecommunications company with headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems Inc, and is the seventh-largest local exchange carrier in the U.S.[1] TDS Telecom offers telephone, broadband Internet and television services to customers in thirty states and more than 900 rural and suburban communities, though it also serves some urban metropolitan communities.[1] It also sells businesses communications services including VoIP (managed IP hosted) phone service, dedicated broadband Internet and hosted-managed services. With headquarters in Madison, TDS Telecom operates TDS Broadband LLC, and BendBroadband, and TDS Metrocom, LLC. Combined, the company employs nearly 3,300 people.[1] TDS Telecom and parent company TDS Inc. are celebrating 50 years in business in 2019.
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Parent | Telephone and Data Systems |
| Website | tdstelecom |
On January 1, 2019, the contract between TDS and Nexstar Media, which allowed for TDS to rebroadcast television networks owned by Nexstar, expired, and on February 1, 2019, a new contract was signed. TDS president Jim Butman explained to affected viewers- over 50,000 of them in more than five US states- that the impasse was caused by unreasonable demands from Nexstar, including new rates that were more than double what TDS was previously paying. This was the largest and most protracted dispute in the company's history.
TDS Telecom is a participant in the FCC's Connect America Fund, also known as A-CAM. With this funding TDS is on a ten-year push to bring high speed internet to the furthest reaches of its rural serving areas. Depending on location, the vast majority of TDS customers in eligible rural areas are expected to receive broadband speeds of 25Mbit/s download and 3 Mbit/s upload (25/3). The remaining customers are expected to receive broadband speeds at 10/1 and 4/1Mbit/s. In other less rural areas, TDS provides much higher broadband speeds, from 100 Mbit/s to 1Gigabit.
More recently, TDS has been launching new fiber to the home services across Wisconsin and Idaho. New markets in Wisconsin include: Deforest, Windsor, McFarland, Monona Grove, Cottage Grove, Oregon and Merrimac communities, all within Dane County Wisconsin. In Idaho the communities of Coeur d'Alene, Rathdrum, Hayden, Post Falls, all within Kootenai County. These services are offered by TDS through CLEC TDS Metrocom, LLC which is operated by TDS Telecom. Fiber to the home markets are 1 Gigabit speed markets with multiple speed offerings available to customers.
Subsidiaries
- Butler Telephone Co., Butler, Alabama
- Oakman Telephone Co., Oakman, Alabama
- Peoples Telephone Co., Centre, Alabama
- Cleveland County Tel. Co., Rison, Arkansas
- Decatur Telephone Co., Decatur, Arkansas
- Arizona Telephone Co., Quartzsite, Arizona
- Southwestern Telephone Co., Quartzsite, Arizona
- Happy Valley Telephone Co., Olinda, California [4]
- Hornitos Telephone Co., Olinda, California
- Winterhaven Telephone Co., Winterhaven, California[4]
- Delta County Tele-Comm, Paonia, Colorado
- Strasburg Telephone Co., Strasburg, Colorado
- Quincy Telephone Co., Quincy, Florida (also serves Attapulgus, Georgia)
- Blue Ridge Telephone Co., Blue Ridge, Georgia
- Camden Telephone & Telegraph Co., St. Mary's, Georgia
- Nelson-Ball Ground Telephone Co., Nelson, Georgia
- Potlatch Telephone Co., Potlatch, Idaho
- Camden Telephone Co., Camden, Indiana
- Comm. Corp. of Indiana, Whitestown, Indiana
- Comm. Corp. of Southern Indiana, Poseyville, Indiana
- Home Company of Pittsboro, Pittsboro, Indiana
- Home Telephone Co., Waldron, Indiana
- Merchants & Farmers Telephone Co., Hillsboro, Indiana
- S & W Telephone Co., Sandborn, Indiana
- Tipton Telephone, Tipton, Indiana
- Tri-County Telephone Co., New Richmond, Indiana
- West Point Telephone Co., West Point, Indiana[5]
- Leslie County Telephone Co., Hyden, Kentucky
- Lewisport Telephone Co., Lewisport, Kentucky
- Salem Telephone Co., Salem, Kentucky
- Cobbosseecontee Tel. Co., North Anson, Maine
- Hampden Telephone Co., Hampden, Maine
- Hartland & St. Albans Tel. Co., Hartland, Maine
- Somerset Telephone Co., North Anson, Maine
- The Island Telephone Co., Warren, Maine
- Warren Telephone Co., Warren, Maine
- West Penobscot Tel. & Tele. Co., Corinna, Maine
- Chatham Telephone Co., Chatham, Michigan
- Communication Corporation of Michigan, Augusta, Michigan
- Island Telephone Co., Sanford, Michigan
- Shiawassee Telephone Co., Perry, Michigan
- Wolverine Telephone Co., Millington, Michigan
- Arvig Telephone Co., Pequot Lakes, Minnesota
- Bridge Water Telephone Co., Monticello, Minnesota
- Mid-State Telephone Co., New London, Minnesota
- Winsted Telephone Company, Winsted, Minnesota
- Calhoun City Telephone Co., Calhoun, Mississippi
- Myrtle Telephone Co. Myrtle, Mississippi
- Southeast Miss. Tel. Co., Leakesville, Mississippi
- Contoocook Valley Tel. Co., Contoocook, New Hampshire
- Hollis Telephone Co., Hollis, New Hampshire
- Kearsarge Telephone Co., Kearsarge, New Hampshire
- Merrimack County Telephone, Contoocook, New Hampshire
- Union Telephone Co., Farmington, New Hampshire[6]
- Wilton Telephone Company, Wilton, New Hampshire
- Deposit Telephone Co., Deposit, New York
- Edwards Telephone Co., Edwards, New York
- Oriskany Falls Telephone Corporation, Vernon, New York
- Port Byron Telephone Co., Port Byron, New York
- Township Telephone Co., Chaumont, New York
- Vernon Telephone Co., Vernon, New York
- Arcadia Telephone Co., Arcadia, Ohio
- Continental Telephone Co., Continental, Ohio
- Little Miami Communications Corporation, Fayetteville, Ohio
- Oakwood Telephone Company, Oakwood, Ohio
- The Vanlue Telephone Company, Vanlue, Ohio
- Mid-America Telephone Co., Stonewall, Oklahoma
- Wyandotte Telephone Co., Wyandotte, Oklahoma
- Mahanoy & Mahantango Tel. Co., Herndon, Pennsylvania
- Sugar Valley Telephone Co., Loganton, Pennsylvania
- McClellanville Telephone Co., McClellanville, South Carolina
- Norway Telephone Company, North, South Carolina
- St. Stephen Telephone Co., St. Stephen, South Carolina
- Williston Telephone Co., Williston, South Carolina
- Concord Telephone Exchange, Farragut, Tennessee
- Humphreys County Tel., New Johnsonville, Tennessee
- Tellico Telephone Co., Tellico Plains, Tennessee
- Tennessee Telephone Co., Parsons, Tennessee
- Amelia Telephone Corp., Amelia, Virginia
- New Castle Telephone Co., New Castle, Virginia
- Virginia Telephone Co., Hot Springs, Virginia
- Ludlow Telephone Company, Ludlow, Vermont
- Northfield Telephone Co., Northfield, Vermont
- Perkinsville Telephone Co., Perkinsville, Vermont
- Asotin Telephone Co., Asotin, Washington (also serves Oregon)
- Lewis River Telephone Co., La Center, Washington
- McDaniel Telephone Company, Salkum, Washington
- Badger Telecom, Neillsville, Wisconsin
- Black Earth Telephone Co., Black Earth, Wisconsin
- Bonduel Telephone Co., Bonduel, Wisconsin
- Burlington, Brighton, & Wheatland Telephone Company, New Munster, Wisconsin
- Central State Telephone Co., Vesper, Wisconsin
- Dickeyville Telephone, Dickeyville, Wisconsin
- EastCoast Telecom, Valders, Wisconsin
- The Farmers Telephone Co., Lancaster, Wisconsin
- Grantland Telecom, Fennimore, Wisconsin
- Mid-Plains Telephone, Middleton, Wisconsin
- Merrimac Communications - Merrimac, Wisconsin[7]
- Midway Telephone Co., Medford, Wisconsin
- Mosinee Telephone Co., Mosinee, Wisconsin[8]
- Mt. Vernon Telephone Co., Verona, Wisconsin
- Riverside Telecom, Reeseville, Wisconsin
- Scandinavia Telephone Co., Iola, Wisconsin
- Southeast Telephone Co., Waterford, Wisconsin
- State Long Distance Telcom, Elkhorn, Wisconsin[9]
- UTELCO, Monroe, Wisconsin
- Waunakee Telephone Co., Waunakee, Wisconsin
- Stockbridge & Sherwood Telephone Company, Sherwood, Wisconsin
- Tenney Telephone Co., Alma, Wisconsin
References
- "TDS and U.S. Cellular to release first quarter operating results and host conference call on May 1, 2015". istockanalyst.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
- Annual Report - Redacted
- "E-Rate Program for Schools & Libraries - SPIN list | TDS Business". tdsbusiness.com.
- Decision 89 10 045 - California Public Utilities Commission
- "Indiana Phone Company to be Acquired - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick". insideindianabusiness.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- "News |TDS to Acquire New Hampshire Phone Company | TDS". tdstelecom.com.
- Novak, Bill. "TDS Metrocom to purchase Merrimac Communications". madison.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- "TDS Telecom buys Mosinee Telephone Co". Milwaukee Business Journal.
- "News |TDS announces agreement to acquire State Long Distance Telcom Ltd. | TDS". tdstelecom.com.