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		<title>HomeSafe nominated for ISPA award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our unique network-level security service HomeSafe has had a great response from customers, politicians and the media, and now it has been nominated for an industry award.
More than 385,000 TalkTalk customers have activated HomeSafe, which can block access to websites about suicide, self-harm, drugs, weapons, gambling and adult content, as well as websites infected with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/05/21/homesafe-nominated-for-ispa-award/</link>
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		<title>Data shows even more Britons are getting online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Government statistics show that more than 600,000 Britons used the internet for the first time during the last 12 months.
That’s more people than live in Glasgow, but there are still more than 8million who have never gone online, according to the Internet Access Quarterly Update from the Office for National Statistics.
The disappointing thing about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/05/16/data-shows-even-more-britons-are-getting-online/</link>
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		<title>Happy birthday HomeSafe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is officially one year today since we launched HomeSafe, our groundbreaking network-level security service, and what a year its been.
Today over 350,000 of our customers are using HomeSafe and this continues to grow daily. In March we also became the first – and so far only – ISP to ask our new customers to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/05/09/happy-birthday-homesafe/</link>
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		<title>Protecting children online with parental controls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We welcome the continued focus from Government, and specifically the Prime Minister, on the hugely important issue of protecting children online.
TalkTalk remains the only ISP to ask new customers to make an upfront decision about using parental controls. Since we began doing this in March, one in three new customers has chosen to activate them; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/05/04/protecting-children-online-with-parental-controls/</link>
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		<title>Network traffic revs up as Premier League rivals clash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manchester City were not the only winners on Monday evening as TalkTalk’s Next Generation Network dealt comfortably with a record spike in traffic.
An incredible seven per cent increase was recorded as City took on United in a crucial end-of-season derby match in the Barclays Premier League.
On average, our network handles 250Gb of general IP traffic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/05/02/network-traffic-revs-up-as-premier-league-rivals-clash/</link>
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		<title>A world first from TalkTalk – The Printer-Net!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re always coming up with bright ideas about making the internet accessible to more people here at TalkTalk, and we’re sure the Printer-Net will be a big hit.
For the first time ever, the entire internet has been printed out, bringing the wealth of knowledge, fun and human experience that makes up the worldwide web to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/04/01/a-world-first-from-talktalk-%e2%80%93-the-printer-net/</link>
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		<title>Digital era offers more for less</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s the end of an era. Encyclopedia Britannica announced an end to printed editions during the same week the Government changed the way it measures inflation, by including the cost of bundled internet and phone packages, and tablet computers such as the iPad.
The National Audit Office uses a basket of 700 goods and services to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/03/15/digital-era-offers-more-for-less/</link>
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		<title>Bringing unbeatable value to superfast broadband</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re excited to be opening registration today for our brand new Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband service, which will double the maximum speed available to our customers from 40Meg to 80Meg for only an extra £15 per month. This follows the successful launch of our 40Meg Fibre Optic Broadband last year.
We know that demand is continuing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/03/12/bringing-unbeatable-value-to-superfast-broadband-2/</link>
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		<title>Savvy shoppers let their fingers do the walking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting trend is developing in retail. Out of town shopping centres are starting to look like an outdated concept, as more and more shoppers buy their groceries, luxuries, white goods and entertainment online.
Retail analyst Verdict Research says online sales have more than doubled to £26.3bn in the last five years and will rise to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/03/08/savvy-shoppers-let-their-fingers-do-the-walking/</link>
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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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