As we all do have a similar love hate relationship with our telephone or internet, and especially cable TV providers, I'm likely to be receiving treasonous and threatening comments after this. But fact of the matter, I'm damn happy with my ISP. Granted I'm bound to the bundle package for my service which includes television (last year my area was fully upgraded for fiber optic capability, though I was still only receiving the copper into my place), internet and an unused land line. Because everything was functional I didn't feel need to deal with whatever was needed to utilize the fiber upgrade, so I let it be. But when the school year rolled along and the COVID 19 (you know, the imaginary China flu that the tRumptards still can't comprehend) plague was still killing and destroying, suddenly millions of online students and teachers were in need of bandwidth simply far too large to properly function reliably on copper. So I inquired about the options and found that I was currently so poorly connected that even though my ISP package was a mid level option the actual speed was nearly as low as dial up somehow! I was truly surprised since my streaming shows, via a mixed source, (I wired my entire home with LAN capability CAT5 and 6e) WiFi and hardwire at key areas, serving multiple iPads iPhones Xbox's at least two PCs, 3 DVR/STBs etc and they mostly were problem free. But the need to simultaneously live stream both kids school stuff and my wife's teaching job, that meant serious horsepower was needed. The price did go up but after some solid and dependable performance factors were assured I was able to make my case with TDS and because I have been a very long time subscriber a happy balance was reached and I remain satisfied that my future with TDS will continue. The final note which is truly the reason I'm deciding to share this on Yelp is because my just completed in home service call and upgrade (to replace my 10 year old STB/DVRs) the obsolete faction of my network was fulfilled this afternoon and the guy that did the work was awesome and needed to be applauded. Josh. Don't know his last name but the company needs more like him out in the field. Four stars is all I'll offer because there's no ISP or phone service that is deserving of that degree of praise. read more

Absolutely useless services. Your free 3 months isnt actually free btw and they dont send you a bill for the taxes and fees you still pay on free service. Oh and then when you get disconnected it takes an entire day to get reconnected. During the time of having their 1GB download speeds i still cannot play video games online without constant lags and glitching. read more

Absolute garbage company. Dug a bunch of holes in my backyard in June to install fiberoptic cable. It's October. The holes are still there and there are piles of construction equipment. I'm not even a customer and I never will be, since they don't care about all of the damage they have done to my property. Do not buy anything from TDS. read more

They lie to you to get the service, then tell you that you don't have the speeds they told you when you ordered the service. I don't recommend having TDS because all they do is lie. read more

I have had TDS for two - three weeks now and I've had nothing but problems. They are lucky that there isn't Xfinity in my area because I would leave in a heartbeat. TDS has horrible customer service, none of them know what they are talking about. I was on the phone for 4 1/2 hours today with TDS ... nothing got resolved. They wouldn't fix the problem I was having with my modem, instead they kept trying to get me to buy there's. I have never experienced such bad internet . I wouldn't recommend TDS to anyone. read more

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I paid my final bill in August, when I cancelled my service. I was told that everything was good. I couldn't sign into my online account anymore and never heard another word from them. Then, right before Christmas, I get an email from a collection company saying I owe money. When I call them and ask them why they never called me, the woman I spoke to, sarcastically said, "Well I'm sorry, but you need to make the payment today." I paid it, but talk about horrible customer service. Never again with this company. read more

My internet went out. Oh no! What do I do? I hit the App eero. There is a list of things to do. #1 health check. Yep it is down. #2 Follow the instructions and checked my modem and router. No lights. #3 Unplug, wait, plug in ...no lights. Fans are on so I paid my utility bill. Hmmm I go to the electrical panel. I see a breaker switch in the wrong direction. Click. Walk upstairs and the lights are on and so is my internet. Ran the health check one more time. I love this feature. So easy to do. Spent more time writing this review than turning the flicking the switch. Life is good. read more

As a teacher I opt to my service to handle all of the virtual school stuff. TDS was great and giving me a 60-day credit and a 300-mb service which was running great. The second thing 60-day credited service was up our internet hit the floor. On average we are receiving 30 megabytes Here are the three speed tests I ran before this review. I've worked with tech support twice and even purchased my own router since I was paying $5 a month for something that Did not deliver what I was paying for. Honestly I don't believe I should be charged in full for the last couple months of service. I'd be happy to pay their lowest internet fee considering that's what I received, but don't expect any money back. read more

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Recently got TDS TV + and I have to say I'm impressed so far. In the past, have been using TIVO for for OTA, Hulu TV for premium channels and TDS Fiber for internet. By bundling TDS TV with internet, at least for the next year, I'll be saving some money and have a very good set-up. It has a lot of similarities to TIVO. Unlike TIVO, the recordings are stored in the cloud rather than on the box. I'm not going to lie, I kind of prefer storing them on a box but it does work very well, especially when combined with the high speed fiber service you can get from TDS. The remote isn't quite as good as TIVO but still very good. Only downside I've seen is that you are kind of tied to Firestick on other TVs as the app is not available on ROKU. App is also available on iPhone and works well. Guess my final conclusion is that TIVO with Charter is probably the best TV option if you don't care about money but from a value perspective, I think they have a very competitive product. Would highly recommend considering TDS TV+ if you have their internet service. Great product. read more

If you like your yard the way it is. I wouldn't let them near your place. After 10 calls and emails they finally can to put some seed down and straw but literally did the worst job possible. Didn't bring any top soil. Left huge rocks and 8" clumps of clay with grass seed on top. Then, we were told we would have service in December. Its now May. They set up 4 appointments with us for contractors to come and still nothing happened. Always some excuse. read more

Horrible company increase my monthly payment twice without letting me know in advance from $54 to $97. Bad customer service don't let you talk interupting you all the time read more

If you love to be SCAMMED this is the company for you. Called eight times to disconnect service. Each representative has lied to us. They tell us our service will be disconnected, but it never was. The customer service people also love to hang up on customers & pass you around to the next representative TDS also states on their website that customer service is here in the US, and well...that's a lie. I've never dealt with such run around in my life and I'm thinking that these workers are trained to do this. We still have internet to this day (not being used). We've returned all equipment back to this shady company. They keep billing us! It's honestly crazy at this point. I'm filing a complaint with the FCC, and Better Business Bureau, not only for my own benefit, but for all consumers. I'm not expecting much to happen though. :( I suggest you do the same if you've experienced billing issues, service issues, damaged property, etc. Maybe something can change if we all start speaking up against this company. Word of advice: Please, keep all records/receipts. They also love to claim equipment hasn't been returned. ( I haven't dealt with this issue, but others have). Also, I suggest every call to customer service be record for your own records/protection. read more

I cancelled service on April 27th. The bill has billed through May 15th. Jake from customer service said something to the effect of "We don't prorate so you have to pay through the end of the billing period." I am forced to pay my final bill for services I didn't have through May 15th! What an awful final experience with this company. NOTHING but billing nightmares. I have half the mind to pay a court filing fee (would cost way more than the final bill) just to fight these people. I guarantee this wouldn't hold up. It's completely ridiculous to charge people for services they didn't receive. I'm going to wait a couple weeks to receive the final statement. If it comes in showing what Jake said, I'm going to issue a complaint to the FCC, Federal Communications Commission. PLEASE, if you have other options for service, consider them. TDS Staff: The call occurred 05/07/2020 around 8AM MST to pull the recorded call. I called in, talked to someone in billing who transferred me to account services where I spoke to Jake. I ended the call telling him this review was happening. CONSUMERS: Know your rights. "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates cable and satellite services to protect consumers. At the FCC Consumer Complaint Center, you can either file a complaint or get information about cable and satellite TV consumer issues. For general questions, call 1-888-225-5322." read more

We live in a non-compete neighborhood and have no other internet option other than TDS. Started attempting to schedule install over 5 weeks ago. After repeated phone calls and dealing with their fragmented system (call representatives can't tell you work order status or confirm when promised actions will be complete). We are now being told it till be another 2 weeks until we will have internet in our new home.l, which will make this an 8 week process with poor communication along the way. The lack of concern and failure to expedite issues that were failure to follow through on their end is unacceptable. Sadly our neighborhood is at their mercy with no other choice. If you have a choice, choose another internet provider! read more

worst customer service ever...will never recommend tds to others. They are caught up in red tape and have no regard for their long standing good customers. read more

What a terrible experience. I thought spectrum was bad well not even close to tds. I ordered service, set up time for install, waited all afternoon and nobody showed up. When I called they told me they weren't set up for service at my address. So I told them to cancel it. 1 month later I had guy marking out my yard and I told him I cancelled the install. He told me he would make sure they knew I cancelled. 2 days later they showed up and started to bury the cable. Good thing I came home half way thru and stopped it. Tore my yard all up and just left. What I terrible experience. Will cost me several hundred dollars to fix my yard. read more

Whoever runs this company should be ashamed of themselves. This is without question the worst ISP I have ever experienced. It is somehow worse than Comcast. I only use them because there are no other options where I live. I would give them 0 stars were it an option. While the Internet is reliable, nothing else is. Customer Service are a bunch of inexperienced clowns that talk over you when they don't like what you are saying to them. They are incredibly rude and offer no assistance to the issues. I have been hung up on multiples times by these people when they become too frustrated to attempt to de-escalate my situation. When I call back and ask for a supervisor, I never get one and then they hang up on me again. Who runs a company this way??? Once my contract ended, their rates rose exponentially. I have contacted them 4 times with promises that my rate would stay the same and it increased by at least 20 bucks a month for the last 3 months. Everytime I spoke to someone new, they never acknowledged what the previous CSR told me and then proceed to lie to me again. NEVER EVER use this company unless you have no other choice. read more

My uncle passed away, and I am the Executor of his estate. Out of all the companies I've had to deal with in getting his affairs in order, TDS has been by far the worst. We've made 5 phone calls since 8/24/21, and talked to TDS reps from all over the world. They've been extremely unhelpful, and mostly unsympathetic. They've made this process more painful than it already is. I would consider any other option first, and I will never go with TDS in the future. TDS had an opportunity to shine, and they failed miserably. Shame on TDS and their obvious indifference to their customers. read more

Terrible product. Terrible service. By far the worst tv and internet service I've ever used. Where I live you have NO choice but to have TDS. It's a punishment. You'll record a tv show or shows and they'll disappear. The remotes may work and they may not. The tv may work and it may not. You'll be watching a recorded show and it will just stop and delete the rest with no notice. I've seen things happening TDS that I've never seen before. I started keeping a log and taking pictures of the various problems. The absolute worst. read more

The autopay DOES NOT WORK! DO NOT let them tell you that you can "set it up" every other month we get a call about our "Service being shut off" because their autopay DOES NOT draw out the payment. You HAVE to call in to make a payment and then they charge you a fee for using their (over the phone service) This is the only network in my area! Its TERRIBLE! If we didnt homeschool I would have already just shut it all down and use my phone. Customer Service DOES NOT HELP YOU! AVOID AT ALL COST! read more

By far the worst experience i have ever had, the company is a bully and forces its fees on you even after it has promised to resolve the issue. I canceled my services and was mailed a box to return the equipment. 6 months later i get a statement for $158.25 for unreturned equipment. Calling and talking to supervisors goes nowhere. They mentioned there are no notes in the system about any of the previous conversations on about equipment. It's obvious nobody cares or enters in notes. This review was hard to write because the actual service itself blows away Charter Spectrums internet. I had to cancel due to the constantly changing monthly statements and horrible customer service. They just bully you to eat the costs since you cannot provide proof they received it. Account number 102-621-1544 read more

TDS internet services are one of the worst in my area - Madison, WI area. I joined as a new customer in July with a promo of $55 per month for 3 years. In first 3 months, they started charging for a modem that I never took from them and then started a phone line charge which I never had. After 3 months of stable bill, the bill doubled to $110. And the customer service is almost helpless. 2 hours of wait time, multiple calls made, NO RESOLUTION. No one has any idea in customer support. If you value good service, good internet, and consistent pricing, you should stay 10 feet away from this company. One of the worst in the business. read more

We canceled our service and spoke to a representative who told us the amount of our final bill. We paid that bill and then received another bill for service for the three weeks after service was canceled. We called to complain and we were told "it's in the small print". They will provide the representative with "coaching" for not telling us we would receive another bill for service we never used. Choose a different company. read more

Customer service is terrible. Years ago it use to be great! Not anymore. The agents are not knowledgeable and there is no history of previous calls to customer service. I've had to go through my previous history with each call. I have been trying to cancel my service and end my billing. It has taken 4 calls, and I still got. billed when I should have been cancelled. I am now bon the phone for 34 minutes with no call back option or online chat option. What happened to TDS?! read more

Decent service horrible customer service! Paying your bill is a freaking headache. I live in a rural area so I have choice.

I've given TDS some time after they acquired my local provider before giving them a review. I will state, I'm sure that the systems they acquired weren't probably the latest, and in the best shape so I'm sure that has some to do with the technical issues I've experienced - however that isn't the meat of why they only get a 2 star review. 1) When they first purchased my local ISP they had to transfer my business account over and because it's in my home... apparently it was something they struggled to understand and the transition was an absolute cluster ****. It took talking to several people over several weeks to get it all squared away, having to have different accounts - which when I call in for service still causes issues. As a company who appears to do these acquisitions frequently that had no clue how to handle this. 2) Since they took over they have been working to "upgrade" and integrate their systems and the ones they took over. This has caused so many outages, that's we have at least small ones every day - and when you're working from home this makes things like skype/online meetings more of a gamle than trying to hit a royal straight flush in vegas. It's frustrating to say the least. And again, this is on a "business class" service. They also took weeks and weeks to find and fix one problem where I was getting almost dial up speeds, and the local tech (whom is contracted) told me he kept trying to tell them the issue was in their head ends and they wouldn't listen - apparently he was right and they finally got that issue squared away and when it works we generally get speeds close to what we pay for. 3) Customer service - This right here is the reason for - 2 stars and I'm considering as I'm writing this taking off another star because of how mad it makes me. They have yet to ever credit me for any down time and anytime I call in they tell me "call back when it's repaired and we'll calculate how much credit you should get" - Again, I'm on a business class account with language in the contract that says I'm due these credits but I have to beg to try to get them. As someone who's been in IT for about 25 yrs, who has worked in fortune 100 companies in both Networking Engineering role and an InfoSec role I have NEVER seen this crappy level of service (and I've seen some real level's of poop) to a business customer. But since they are really the only "viable" option in the area they really don't care. 3a) As stated, I'm a business class customer, so I'd expect - and I've even said this to them, that if there is a planned outage/upgrade that might affect my service to be NOTIFIED of it prior to me calling in. But I have not once been proactively notified of a planned outage/upgrade. I wouldn't expect to be notified when they aren't planned (I just presume they will happen at least in short bursts daily now), but when you plan something that will take me down for hours during the day and you still won't notify me??? If you have other viable options, I'd strongly suggest you take them. However if you're stuck like I am due to where I live, just know they don't really care about you, the service when it works does generally do well, but expect frequent outages and nothing but excuses and not to be compensated for all your downtime. read more

I thought Comcast was bad and switched. What a mistake. Comcast *IS* bad, but these guys are worse. Weekly outages, sometimes for days. Unresponsive but saccharine sweet 'customer service' agents. Internet speeds that are 1/10 of what they advertise. Sign with them at your own risk. Be warned, they don't pro-rate your bill to get out. Cancel on the right day or be prepared to pay for a month of their so-called service to get these vampires out of your house. read more

I purchased TDS TV, because I was told I could use the app on my phone to watch DVR shows. It worked for about 2 weeks and I went to Florida. In Florida, we tried to stream a DVR show to the smart TV, but received message that you cannot stream outside your regional viewing area. I understood that and that is not the issue. I get back to "regional viewing area" and now the app is still giving that error message when I try to watch a show. I've called in 4 times, done everything they have asked to try to correct it and then they tell me "you cannot watch a show on the app, outside your home" What is the purpose of having an app, that I cannot use unless I'm in my home (where I have a 60 inch TV)? I'm getting the run around because they don't know how to fix it. I'd rather they tell me that, then the BS they're feeding me. Time to shop for a carrier that is honest! read more

Their customer service has been terrible. Takes forever to talk to someone. Once connected, I can hardly understand their English. There connection is very un-reliable. The fiber cable hasn't been buried and its been over a month (our neighbors are getting irritated because the cable is on top of the ground going accross both our yards.) Prices have gone up. read more

TDS is a horrible company period! I was a customer for MANY years and ALWAYS paid on time and in full. I recently tried to suspend the service due to trying out a new company which offered more value for just a little less money and their response was simply to charge me for an entire month which I did not need or use AND to add a MYSTERIOUS charge with NO explanation to the unused month so I simply cancelled it and I will NEVER return! I used to refer new business to them but never again! I think they know that superior competion is inevitable in most of their markets and they are trying to get every dollar they can so they can pay their bills! PLEASE do your research and realize that there are plenty of better options availabale in almost ALL cases ! read more

Been trying to get installation for 3 months now. The first tech was great and noticed the required external equipment was not in place so we had to wait for that to get done. After it was completed the tech told me to schedule the install. Scheduled over the phone and was told I'd get a text and email confirming. Got the text which asked me to press Y to confirm. I press Y and get a message that there was a problem please call. So I call and wait on hold and the person tells me there is no issue and we're all set. Waited at home for 3 hours, nobody showed. Reached out to them to let them know and 3 days go by before someone replies that it wasn't installed because external equipment is missing. What? Do you not communicate there? So another tech comes last week and confirms what we already know and we're good to go. Now I'm still waiting for someone to call me back as I was told they would to schedule the install. I'm cancelling the install and staying with Spectrum. I hate spectrum but as least they do what they say. read more

I cannot recommend this company. As others have indicated, the customer service is dreadful. We were simply trying to disconnect our service due to selling our home and relocating to another state. They made the process incredibly difficult, you cannot cancel your account online, you must talk with representatives, you are put on hold over and over, often times for up to an hour, then disconnected, having to restart the whole process again and again. I could go into more detail, but the process took over two months to resolve. Customers that are moving are under stressful circumstances, and TDS just made everything worse. It's completely unnecessary to make disconnecting your service this complicated; all they did was assure that I never used TDS again and proceeded to write this review. read more

Booo I cant wait for tipmont's finber optic. TDS is the worst I pay 85 dollars a month for internet that works sometimes. Charge me what you want I will pay anythmmmnmmmmmmmming that will support internet long enough for me to give a review. read more

On Tuesday afternoon our internet and cable television went down. It is only our house and not related to mass outage nor storm. The TDS team on phone are polite. We pay a lot per month for the 1GB plan because our daughter works from home. The first appointment they have is Friday afternoon (3 days!!! after we lost service). 1GB Internet with only work laptop connected to internet drops zoom mtgs frequently and this 3day wait for service in Stevens Point seems like a business set up for failure. Customer service needs to change and at this time I do not recommend every signing up for service from TDS read more

Had new TDS boxes and remotes installed weeks ago. Constant problem with pairing and resetting one of the boxes. Called them. They admitted that they are aware of problems requiring constant re-pairing and resetting the equipment. Could not say when fixes would be done. I insisted on a credit. They offered $15. I negotiated a $50 credit. As I have a total of 3 boxes and only having problems with one of the boxes, I insisted they come out to replace the one box that is causing a problem. They agreed to come out in 3 days. Face it folks.....cable companies are on the way OUT. Time to get set up with streaming. read more

If I could give less than one star I would. I moved to the countryside in eastern Wisconsin (not even that rural) and their "Turbo" internet at 15 Mbps infuriates me as a software engineer. This speed is way too low for a single user streaming, let alone a household on one "Turbo" plan. Sometimes with only one device connected to the internet I will still be disconnected from my virtual machine or Zoom meeting. Absolutely horrendous speeds for $61/mo that doesn't even let me do my job sometimes. I will be moving due to just this. I love my family and being near them but this is absolutely a deal breaker for where I can live. It's very sad that local/state governments allow these sleeze balls to provide such terrible services without any repercussions. Internet is a modern day utility and should be treated just like water. When calling to ask about expanding the speed, they offered to install another "Turbo" line at 15 Mbps. How the hell is this a good solution when your first "Turbo" line isn't even enough? Absolutely disgusted. Modern day infrastructure is failing from underneath us and these guys won't give any craps. read more

Dear Yelp, feature request: Negative stars please. Stay away. Treat this company like the one week old, rotting, disease-ridden carcass of that opossum you passed on the road to work this morning. I've spent five (5) months trying to get a simple change of ownership completed. Five. Months. We sold the location that had TDS service to someone else. Did I mention that it's been five months? Five. Hopefully it's done now, but I don't know for sure yet. In the last five months we've had to constantly forward bills to the new service owner, and deal with any issues they've had with the service since they can't call in, because the service hasn't been transferred to their name yet... Five. Months. read more

No pro-rated services! So if you call to cancel the day after the billing cycle, you pay a whole month no matter what! Also seems to be a lot of downtime for our internet & fuzzy picture on the tv. Definitely not worth the $. I will be cancelling after I set up a new internet connection (& before my next billing cycle). read more

I would have said nothing but good things and have actually about TDS until the last few weeks especially yesterday. Our area doesn't have many options sadly and when we went from a local internet in 2022 to TDS we couldn't be happier. We rarely had issues maybe 2 x up until a few weeks ago. Our wifi started having some slow issues and then went completely one day. A tech came and told us that a neighbor had run over the pedestal destroying everything. He had to splice things back together. He came to the house and checked our speed. He said he still didn't like it much and changed the router. We both checked and were getting speeds into the 40's. The next day the wifi was a bit slow again and then we weren't able to stream tv. So another tech came and told us that two areas had been chewed by something so he fixed it. That night we noticed slow wifi again. Yesterday two techs, both of whom had just been here came and told us that we were over the footage limit for the Warped plan we had been on for 3 yrs!! With NO problems until the guy ran over the cables. So they tell us they had to knock us down to the Mach plan which is up to 25 mbps instead of 50 we have had for 3 yrs. NO explanation as to why other than sorry you are over the limit. Well, my house hadn't moved and we sure didn't have an issues prior. I called and spent about 3 hrs talking to different people yesterday and then again today. Sorry, we can't help you is all I got. NOT A FAN!!! Customer Service sucks!! As soon as we can we are going to Starlink. read more

Horrible customer service. I called for disconnect as was moving. If you are one day over the billing period you are charged for a whole month. Call India, on holds for indefinite periods of time. You can mail you bill immediately but if the mail is slow, as it has been you are charged 10.00. I was with dish 9 years and never charged a late fee. Run from them, and dont believe their special pricing,its a come on read more