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The best of the web at your fingertips
While spending hours trawling the internet for information, entertainment and ideas is some people’s idea of a brilliant way to spend their time, that’s not the case for millions of others out there. 		01-Mar-2010
16:00:00
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Why the Digital Economy Bill cannot protect copyright
Around 50,000 internet users have received letters from law firms accusing them of illegal downloading andmany people have already been forced to spend £500 on settling wrongful claims. That’s according to information revealed by consumer ... 		26-Jan-2010
18:58:00
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The copyright crackdown we will all pay for
The Digital Economy Bill is one of the few pieces of legislation the government is actively pushing through parliament before an election is called. Its aim is to build Britain’s telecommunications backbone and to pave the way for a world-beating digital ... 		18-Jan-2010
10:51:00
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Importance of broadband access for Britain's schoolchildren
The government has today announced its plan to give free laptops and broadband access to 270,000 low income families. The intention, it says, is to improve children’s educational opportunities and ensure that busy parents can keep better track of ... 		11-Jan-2010
11:01:00
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Bored of Christmas? Sing Our Petition instead!
Christmas has come and gone. You’re sick of turkey sandwiches and you’re bored of the telly. So why not get your creative juices flowing by entering our Sing Our Petition competition, campaigning against the government’s misguided “three strikes” ... 		28-Dec-2009
09:51:00
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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 ... 		27-Nov-2009
11:51:00
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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. 		20-Nov-2009
17:56:00
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TalkTalk response to Lord Mandelson's filesharing announcement
We're dismayed to learn that Lord Mandelson is to press ahead with his ill-conceived plans to allow content providers to force ISPs to disconnect people suspected of illegal filesharing (speaking today at the Cabinet Forumevent). 		28-Oct-2009
12:00:00
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Government backs down on filesharing proposal? Well, not exactly...
Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw is reported to have announced that the Government has 'watered down' its filesharing proposals. "Rights holders will have to obtain a court order before punishing persistent offenders by reducing or cutting off their ... 		23-Oct-2009
09:17:44
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TalkTalk launches Don’t Disconnect Us campaign site
We’ve blogged more than once before on just why the Government’s proposals to crack down on filesharing are so hopelessly misguided and I make no apology for doing so again. There are plenty of other people who agree with us and oppose Lord ... 		21-Oct-2009
10:50:00
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Why Mandelson's plan leaves millions at risk of 'superhighway robbery'
We’ve consistently opposed Lord Mandelson’s filesharing proposals since they were announced in August. As we’ve said before, the proposals mean the Government has done a U-turn and rejected the largely sensible and considered ideas put ... 		15-Oct-2009
10:13:00
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Which broadband tribe are you?
This morning we’ve launched the first ever Digital Anthropology Report – a comprehensive insight into how British people use the internet. 		12-Oct-2009
09:19:00
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Update on TalkTalk's fibre-optic broadband trial
Just a quick update on our fibre-optic broadband trial. After a few false starts, we managed to enable the Muswell Hill exchange in North London this week and connect our first fibre-optic customer. 		05-Oct-2009
09:45:00
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TalkTalk’s position on filesharing
Today is the last day of the Government’s consultation on its proposals to combat filesharing. We’ve written before about this topic and our position has always been clear. 		29-Sep-2009
13:10:00
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TalkTalk dismayed by futile U-turn on filesharing
We're dismayed by the U-turn on illegal filesharing announced today by Lord Mandelson. Barely two months after the publication of largely sensible and pragmatic measures to tackle the problem (in the Digital Britain Report) Lord Mandelson has, it seems, ... 		25-Aug-2009
11:00:00
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TalkTalk trials fibre-optic broadband
Collectively, the broadband industry often seems to confuse people with jargon and superlatives. You’ll often see terms like "speed" and "fast" used in various combinations to create a plethora of overlapping terms.....ultra-fast ... 		14-Aug-2009
13:42:00
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Helping Digital Britain achieve maximum speed
Much of the discussion about the Digital Britain report, published a couple of weeks ago, has focused on the Government’s promise to provide universal broadband throughout the UK at a minimum speed of 2mb by 2012. 		02-Jul-2009
09:43:00
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TalkTalk response to the Digital Britain Report
Yesterday Ben Bradshaw, the Culture Secretary, presented the Government’s vision for a Digital Britain. It follows the Interim Report, which we responded to earlier in the year. 		17-Jun-2009
12:18:00
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The Digital Divide: the ongoing battle
Over the past 10 years great efforts have been made in getting Britain online and closing what’s been called the “digital divide”. These days the majority of households have access to broadband but there’s still a stubbornly large minority – around 30% – ... 		12-Jun-2009
15:10:00
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The wrongs of the Rights Agency
Following warmly on the heals of the Digital Britain report in January, which dismissed the ‘three strikes' rule, the Government has published its proposal for the ‘Digital Rights Agency’. 		27-Mar-2009
17:01:00