Don’t Disconnect Us – an update
It’s now just over a month since we launched our Don’t Disconnect Us campaign against the government’s misguided proposals for tackling illegal filesharing which gave sweeping powers to the Government to require ISPs to disconnect people from the Internet without proof that they did anything wrong. Since then the campaign has done better and reached a wider audience than even we anticipated.
Rewarding Britain’s digital heroes
Yesterday we were at the House Lords to hand out awards to the 12 regional winners of our TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards. The event was a great success, with a number of MPs and peers – including Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw – joining representatives from TalkTalk and digital inclusion charity Citizens Online, along with the winners themselves.
Copyright laws infringe basic human rights, says TalkTalk
The Digital Economy Bill, published today, is a further backward step in the efforts to reduce illegal filesharing while further threatening the rights of the consumer.
Sixty seconds with: Michael Phillips from Consumer Choices
Mark Schmid from the TalkTalk Blog goes 60 seconds with Michael Phillips, Product Director at Consumer Choices. The popular online self-help service supports customers’ decisions when selecting broadband, home phones, financial services (loans, credit cards, savings accounts and mortgages), gas and electricity, digital television, and insurance.
Taking your brighter sparks into the digital future
The internet is now a major part of children’s lives at home and at school, so knowing how to keep our kids safe online is an essential skill for modern parents – just like being able to teach them how to cross the road or ride a bike safely.
Could the next decade see the death of email? . . .
It’s a bold prediction but changing communication habits among young people mean that email could be significantly less important to us in 10 years time. That’s the prediction – publicised today – based on trends found in our Digital Anthropology Report.
Looking at Britain’s internet habits, we found that there are over 2 million “First Lifers” – those in their late teens or early 20s who are tech savvy but don’t like being stuck at a desk.
Free TalkTalk Pro router gets top marks
In my last blog post I told you about our new TalkTalk Pro package, which, as well as offering some of the fastest download speeds available at a great value price, also comes with a next-generation N router – called the D-Link 2740R.
TalkTalk launches superfast 'Pro' package
The internet is now essential to many of our customers’ lives and having fast speed has become a necessity..
How Twitter will change internet search forever
The name alone instantly polarises reactions, but 'Twitter' looks set to have a far greater impact on our lives than anyone could have imagined.
Sixty seconds with: Chris Marling from Broadband Genie
Mark Schmid from the TalkTalk Blog goes 60 seconds with Chris Marling, editor at Broadband Genie, the UK's longest running dedicated broadband comparison website. Chris oversees news and editorial at the consumer-focused site, and also looks after the site's forum where readers' broadband questions are answered.