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Title and summary Date/time
1 Helping the 2.4 million who can’t afford to get online at home
As the UK’s leading value for money provider, the belief that everyone has the right to access the internet at an affordable price is at the heart of our business. UK consumers benefit from some of the lowest broadband prices but we know that the upfront cost of getting online is still a barrier for some [...] 		22-May-2012
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2 TalkTalk is proud to be a founder of Go ON UK
I’m proud to be announcing our support for Go ON UK, a new partnership that aims to bring the benefits of the internet to every individual and every organisation in every community across the UK. TalkTalk is one of seven founder partners and, along with Age UK, the BBC, Big Lottery Fund (BIG), E.ON, Post [...] 		24-Apr-2012
15:37
3 Making sure super fast is super competitive
We recently reflected on some of the comments made by the Culture Secretary on piracy and parental controls in his speech to the Royal Television Society. Today I wanted to focus specifically on his vision for superfast broadband. As Mr Hunt recognised, the UK benefits from some of the lowest broadband prices and most innovative services [...] 		26-Sep-2011
15:18
4 Entry deadline extended for Digital Heroes Awards
We’ve been overwhelmed by the number of inspirational nominations that we’ve had for this year’s Digital Heroes Awards but due to popular demand we’ve decided to extend the deadline by a further week until midnight on Sunday 18th September, meaning it is now really your last chance to get your entries in! If you know someone [...] 		12-Sep-2011
16:45
5 Response to the Government’s 50p phone tax
The 50p phone tax is an unfair, regressive and wasteful way of funding superfast broadband which would deliver less benefit than it will cost, slow superfast broadband roll-out and drive around 200,000 homes off broadband. 		24-Mar-2010
15:02
6 Dan Bull takes us back to the 80s when “home taping was killing music”
We all know that the government’s disconnection proposals to deter illegal filesharing are daft and dangerous. And many would agree that the way many people in the music industry have reacted is a little misguided. After all, haven’t we seen this type of scaremongering before? 		12-Mar-2010
18:03
7 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
8 TalkTalk’s reaction to the Tories’ broadband plans
The Conservatives have set out their plans for opening up the broadband market to competition, vowing to end BT’s monopoly over the cables and ducts which connect homes and businesses to the nearest exchange. We think they have got it right. 		01-Feb-2010
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9 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 how their kids are doing at school. 		11-Jan-2010
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10 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 Forum event). 		28-Oct-2009
12:00
11 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 internet connections," he told the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday. Great. A victory for common sense. A Government U-Turn. Well, maybe not. 		23-Oct-2009
08:17
12 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, caved in under pressure from powerful lobbyists in the content industry. 		25-Aug-2009
10:00
13 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
08:43
14 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
11:18
15 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
16 Save our broadband
Ofcom is about to reset the price of LLU - these are the products that most UK ISPs rely on to offer broadband services. We are really worried that the telecoms regulator Ofcom is going to let BT get away with charging excessive LLU prices that could result in you paying £20 to £30 a year more than you should do for your broadband. Openreach – the part of BT that runs the access network – is already making huge profits above Ofcom’s target rate. These rises will in effect mean you will being taxed to fund even more excess profits for BT. These LLU price rises will make us probably the most expensive in Europe (and possibly the laughing stock too). 		09-Mar-2009
11:22
17 TalkTalk’s take on Digital Britain
Lord Carter has recently put out his interim report on Digital Britain. It's good to see our country’s leaders acknowledging the important role that digital technologies and particularly broadband play in developing a competitive and successful Britain. 		10-Feb-2009
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