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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, 2011

Clive DorsmanClive DorsmanStats from our network

Our network is one of the things that TalkTalk is proudest of. We’ve designed, built and now run the UK’s largest unbundled Next Generation Network with over 86% of our customers are on our network. As well as enabling us to provide great value for money phone and broadband services, it also allows us to carry our customers’ voice and data traffic more efficiently.

We’re often asked about usage patterns so here are some recent statistics we thought we’d share.

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Alex HollingdaleAlex HollingdaleStop wasting money!

We were really interested to read the latest research from Homephonechoices.co.uk which found that nearly half of Britain’s home phone customers may be wasting money on outdated home phone packages. 48.5% said they hadn’t switched provider at all in the last 5 years despite potential savings of over £100 annually when households switch home phone provider.

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Mark SchmidMark SchmidThe winner of Digital Heroes Award 2010 – Ben Richardson

Ben Richardson was the overall winner of the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards 2010. Ben works for The Connection at St Martins, a charity which helps homeless people in London, where he runs a digital media group. Here Ben tells us what’s he’s been up to since winning last year’s Digital Heroes Awards.

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Mark SchmidMark SchmidSmartphone “addiction” a sign of the times?

Ofcom claims that we’re becoming a nation addicted to smartphones, following research released today which shows that a quarter of adults and nearly half of teens now own a smartphone. A key finding was that 37% of adults and 60% of teens admitted to being “highly addicted” to their smartphone device, such as an iPhone, [...]

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Tristia ClarkeTristia ClarkeMore minutes and miles of innovation

At TalkTalk, our main focus has always been on providing our customers with the best possible value. This isn’t just about offering the lowest price for the biggest package, but also about providing cutting edge technology and innovative products. This is made possible by running our own Next Generation Network. By putting customers onto our [...]

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