The TalkTalk Blog

Welcome to the TalkTalk blog. Here you'll find regular entries from our Chairman Charles Dunstone, our CEO Dido Harding and members of the TalkTalk team.

From the launch of free broadband in 2006 to the release of our innovative new myTalkTalk package, we're always thinking of ways to change the phone and broadband market for the better. Through the blog you'll be the first to hear any news.

If you have any general comments or questions about TalkTalk, or would like to get the latest service updates, then feel free to visit TalkTalk Members

We'll also be letting you know about the issues shaping the industry and any new technology that gets us excited. Hope you enjoy it - we look forward to reading your comments.

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Kristine OlsonKristine OlsonData shows even more Britons are getting online

New Government statistics show that more than 600,000 Britons used the internet for the first time during the last 12 months. That’s more people than live in Glasgow, but there are still more than 8million who have never gone online, according to the Internet Access Quarterly Update from the Office for National Statistics. The disappointing thing about [...]

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Tristia ClarkeTristia ClarkeHappy birthday HomeSafe

It is officially one year today since we launched HomeSafe, our groundbreaking network-level security service, and what a year its been. Today over 350,000 of our customers are using HomeSafe and this continues to grow daily. In March we also became the first – and so far only – ISP to ask our new customers to [...]

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Dido HardingDido HardingProtecting children online with parental controls

We welcome the continued focus from Government, and specifically the Prime Minister, on the hugely important issue of protecting children online. TalkTalk remains the only ISP to ask new customers to make an upfront decision about using parental controls. Since we began doing this in March, one in three new customers has chosen to activate them; [...]

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Clive DorsmanClive DorsmanNetwork traffic revs up as Premier League rivals clash

Manchester City were not the only winners on Monday evening as TalkTalk’s Next Generation Network dealt comfortably with a record spike in traffic. An incredible seven per cent increase was recorded as City took on United in a crucial end-of-season derby match in the Barclays Premier League. On average, our network handles 250Gb of general IP traffic [...]

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Charlotte MaxwellCharlotte MaxwellSuperfast 80Mb Fibre Optic Broadband is here

TalkTalk customers are now benefiting from great value Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband with download speeds of up to 80Mb. We’ve had a great response to pre-registration and now even more TalkTalk homes can enjoy some of the fastest broadband speeds around. Our new 80Mb Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband also offers unbeatable upstream speeds of up to [...]

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