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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Alex Hollingdale

Director of Product Management, TalkTalk Group

Alex Hollingdale Responsible for Propositions & Pricing across all products for TalkTalk and AOL Broadband, he has grown with the business. Alex joined as a Product Manager prior to the launch of Free Broadband with TalkTalk - taking broadband from a luxury for the few to a necessity for everyone.

His areas of interest include expanded the use of reliance on broadband and how broadband has changed the way people interact with each other through social networking.

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1 HomeSafe wins innovation award at the uSwitch Broadband Awards

Last year we launched our ground breaking, network level security product HomeSafe and since then, over 200,000 of our customers have activated it.  We are all extremely proud of HomeSafe so we were delighted to be awarded the Broadband Innovation award at the uSwitch awards in London last night.
More and more of you are seeing [...]

 18-Jan-2012
2 The lifetime cost of communication

The cost of keeping in touch can quickly add up. In fact, according to research that we’ve just commissioned, we’ll spend a whopping £65,564.94 on average keeping in touch with friends and family during our lifetime.
Whether it be calls and texts, fixed line rental, data roaming charges, buying and replacing handsets, insurance, accessories and broadband [...]

 19-Dec-2011
3 UK’s best value landline calls to over 100 international destinations

Today we launched our brand new 500 Global Minute Boost which means that TalkTalk customers can now benefit from the UK’s best value landline calls to over 100 international destinations (compared to BT, Virgin, Sky and Plusnet).
For just £5 a month, the Global Minutes Boost provides customers with 500 minutes of calls from their landline [...]

 03-Oct-2011
4 Stop 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.

 09-Aug-2011
5 We’re removing speed limits on our broadband

We’re revolutionizing the TalkTalk broadband service which will mean our customers will be able to surf, download & stream as fast as their line will allow.

 03-Mar-2010