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		<title>TalkTalk announces launch of Government-backed ‘Active Choice’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I blogged about our reaction to the Government’s Bailey Review into the commercialisation of children, and specifically that we welcomed the recommendation that parents should be offered an ‘active choice’ about whether to use parental controls. We committed to implementing this for all new customers by October 2012 and today I am really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/02/07/talktalk-announces-launch-of-government-backed-%e2%80%98active-choice%e2%80%99-2/</link>
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		<title>Our Q3 performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we release our Q3 results. We have continued to improve our customers’ experience and we’re seeing more customers making use of our online tools like My Account, with 60% of our customer contacts taking place online. We unbundled a further 130 new exchanges in the quarter meaning that more households across the country can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/02/07/our-q3-performance/</link>
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		<title>Announcing the UK’s Digital Hero 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon we were at the House of Lords for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards ceremony. It was a fitting finale for what has been a fantastic competition packed full of incredible individuals working for equally amazing projects.
As well as recognising all twelve regional finalists, each of whom will receive a £5,000 grant for their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/25/announcing-the-uk%e2%80%99s-digital-hero-2011/</link>
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		<title>Our half year performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, we release our Interim results for the 6 months to 30 September 2011 showing how we’re delivering our strategy.  We’re reporting increased earnings and dividend, more customers added to our network, improving customer experience, significant progress on upsell into Plus, HomeSafe and Boosts and how we’re on track to launch YouView TV service [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/15/our-half-year-performance/</link>
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		<title>HomeSafe blocks 1 million web pages at TalkTalk customers&#8217; request</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the Government announced a range of measures to protect children online following the recommendations of the Bailey Review. We specifically welcomed the Bailey recommendation that parents should be offered an ‘active choice’ about whether to use parental controls.
Along with other ISPs, we will be offering all new customers an ‘active choice’ about whether or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/10/11/homesafe-blocks-1-million-web-pages-at-talktalk-customers-request/</link>
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		<title>UK’s best value landline calls to over 100 international destinations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/10/03/get-the-uks-best-value-landline-calls-to-over-100-international-destinations-now/</link>
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		<title>Stats from our network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our network is one of the things that <a href="http://www.talktalk.co.uk" target="_blank"><strong>TalkTalk </strong></a>is proudest of. We’ve designed, built and now run the UK’s largest unbundled <strong><a href="http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2010/04/16/talktalk-technology-plans-for-the-future/" target="_blank">Next Generation Network</a> </strong>with over <strong>86%</strong> 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.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/10/stats-from-our-network/</link>
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		<title>More minutes and miles of innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/03/more-minutes-and-miles-of-innovation/</link>
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		<title>Search for Britain’s Digital Heroes 2011 begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we are launching the TalkTalk Digital Heroes 2011, our nationwide search to find and recognise people who are using digital technology to do amazing things for their community.
The Digital Heroes Awards, which are run in partnership with Citizens Online and supported by Race Online 2012, is the UK’s only scheme to recognise inspirational people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/02/search-for-britains-digital-heroes-2011-begins/</link>
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		<title>Our Q1 performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/07/28/our-q1-performance/</link>
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