Voice Mailbox Setup

Tailor Your Services to Meet Your Needs

With TDS phone service, it's easy to customize your voice mailbox to your liking. Here's how to get started:

If you are setting up your mailbox from the mailbox phone number (your home phone number):

1. Dial *95

If you are setting up your mailbox from a telephone number that is not the mailbox phone number:

1. Call TDS to request a temporary PIN ((888-225-5837, then follow the prompts and press 1 for Repair).
   
2. Dial the TDS voice mail number (608-845-1234).
3. When prompted, enter your 10-digit mailbox telephone number, then the temporary PIN.

Once you are in the voice mail system, the system tutorial will walk you through a set up of:

1. A unique PIN.
2. A name recording.
3. A greeting recording.

To protect your privacy, your PIN must meet the following security rules:

• Your PIN must be at least 5 digits long.
• Your PIN should not include your telephone number (or extension).
• Your PIN cannot be a consecutive ascending or descending numeric sequence (i.e., 12345, 54321).
• Your PIN cannot be a repeating sequence (i.e., 12121).
• Your PIN cannot have a single digit repeated more than two times in a row (i.e., 11111).

Note: after you set up your mailbox for the first time and dial in from the mailbox telephone number, you will be prompted immediately to enter your PIN.

For further instructions, check out the Voice Mail Guide or call 1-888-CALL-TDS (1-888-225-5837).