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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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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Tristia Clarke

Commercial Director, TalkTalk

Tristia is responsible for Sales, Marketing and Loyalty at TalkTalk and is also a trustee of the charity TreeHouse.

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1 As hackers target children’s websites, what can parents do?

I was disappointed to see a BBC article reporting that hackers are increasingly targeting children’s gaming websites to spread viruses. While some websites are set up specifically to spread viruses, the report states that these are legitimate sites which have been infected. It is believed that hackers are choosing to target children’s websites because children [...]

 17-Jan-2012
2 Gadget crazy Britain gears up for most connected Christmas

This Christmas looks set to be the most connected of all time with an estimated 16 million gadgets connecting to the internet on Christmas day.
Last year traffic on our network trebled compared with the previous year and this year we’re expecting a further 25% uplift in broadband traffic across our network compared to last year [...]

 21-Dec-2011
3 It’s the final countdown…

So after 12 weeks, 16 contestants, numerous highs and lows and the odd scandal, the time is finally upon us for the X Factor Final weekend.
And this year’s Final is more exciting the ever as we’re hosting it live at Wembley Arena exclusively for TalkTalk customers.
Over 50,000 of you applied for the ‘money can’t buy’ [...]

 08-Dec-2011
4 Silver surfers catching up with younger generations

Despite not having grown up with computers or internet access, new research conducted by TalkTalk and F-Secure has found that the older generations are catching up when it comes to their internet use.
Nine out of ten UK residents over the age of 60 who use the internet go online every day, with 68 per cent [...]

 24-Nov-2011
5 Child internet safety in the news

Child internet safety has been in the news again this week following a spam attack of indecent images on a social network. While this instance was due to malicious hacking, our Life Online research has shown that the risks of exposing children to inappropriate content is very real:
• 17% of six year olds and 39% [...]

 17-Nov-2011