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.

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Archive for July, 2011

Dido HardingDido HardingOur Q1 performance

Today, TalkTalk releases its Q1 results. We’ve made some great progress this quarter with significant improvements in our customer operations leading to a reduced number of calls to our contact centres that in turn has a positive impact on customer loyalty. To find out more, watch the video below which gives an insight to [...]

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Dido HardingDido HardingLet us help you speed up

We’re great believers in helping people help themselves. We find that when we give customers the information and tools to improve the service they receive they do just that. Over 50% of all our contacts with customers are now online and one of our success stories is with helping customers increase the speed of their [...]

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Mark SchmidMark SchmidWhat are your children doing online?

Child internet safety is an issue that isn’t going away, and nor should it. It was the subject of discussion again on Tuesday’s Woman’s Hour (listen here: BBC Radio 4, 23:00 minutes), which featured Time Loughton, Children’s Minister and co-chair of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS).
We were pleased that Tim Loughton recognised [...]

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Tristia ClarkeTristia ClarkeGuardian roundtable: how to make the net safe

We recently attended a roundtable debate hosted by the Guardian, which looked at the very topical issue of protecting children online and was written up in today’s Guardian Society pages. There were a range of organisations and viewpoints represented, including Childnet, Mother’s Union and CEOP, while Claire Perry MP and Dr Linda Papadopoulos contributed too.
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Mark SchmidMark SchmidResponse to Mirror Flawedband article

We were interested to see this article in the Mirror quoting research from Simplifydigital.com which claims that those who live in poorer and rural areas are paying more for broadband. Simplyfydigital say that this is due to companies being unwilling to invest in exchanges unless they know they will make a good return on investment, which they say means rural areas often miss out.

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