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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.

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Archive for August, 2009

Sylvain ThevenotSylvain ThevenotPlay your part in the Top 10 Broadband Awards 2009

Hot on the heels of our success of the inaugural Top 10 Broadband Awards last year, I am delighted to announce that we’ve been nominated for three categories at the 2009 awards to be held on September 15th.

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Andrew HeaneyAndrew HeaneyTalkTalk dismayed by futile U-turn on filesharing

We’re dismayed by the U-turn on illegal filesharing announced today by Lord Mandelson. Barely two months after the publication of largely sensible and pragmatic measures to tackle the problem (in the Digital Britain Report) Lord Mandelson has, it seems, caved in under pressure from powerful lobbyists in the content industry.

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Mark SchmidMark SchmidPut-Pocketing hits the UK

TalkTalk has been busy on the UK’s streets lately, and today we can reveal what we have been up to . . . Put-Pocketing! Yes, it sounds a bit strange, but it is the complete opposite of pick pocketing. We’ve been using a team of 20 ex-pickpockets around London to put money directly back into the pockets of the British public without them realising.

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Paul O'SullivanPaul O'SullivanTalkTalk trials fibre-optic broadband

Collectively, the broadband industry often seems to confuse people with jargon and superlatives. You’ll often see terms like "speed" and "fast" used in various combinations to create a plethora of overlapping terms…..ultra-fast broadband…super-fast broadband….high speed broadband. And then there is the all those industry-invented abbreviations….NGA, FTTC, FTTP, 21CN.

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Olivia StreatfeildOlivia StreatfeildHow Light Graffiti makes for a Brighter campaign

Light Graffiti is taking the UK by storm.

Well, it was last weekend when we travelled with expert Michael Bosanko trekking across the UK to brighten up landmarks in some of the UK’s biggest cities.

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