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Network traffic revs up as Premier League rivals clash

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 [...]

Fabulous prizes going for a song

Are you looking for a way to keep your children interested in making music until the X Factor returns this summer? TalkTalk is proud to support a brilliant singing and songwriting competition, The Song Academy Young Singer Songwriter Competition. Organisers are looking for children and young people aged six to 18 years who can write [...]

Digital Heroes Awards 2011 – cast your votes now!

After receiving a record number of entries for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards 2011, we’ve now whittled it down to 37 amazing finalists. It’s no exaggeration to say that all of them are deserving of a Digital Heroes Award, so it’s down to you to decide who our winners are in a public vote. Last year [...]

Search for Britain’s Digital Heroes 2011 begins

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 [...]

TalkTalk’s proud to support Safer Internet Day

Today is the 8th European Safer Internet Day and as one of the UK’s leading broadband providers, we’re really pleased to be involved. For the majority of us, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives, regardless of our age or lifestyle. A recent EU survey found that 95% of UK children use [...]

New Fibre Optic Boost will offer speeds of up to 40Meg

If you have a family who all want to be on the internet at the same time, love watching HD content online, or are a gamer needing extra fast response times, then we have some good news for you. Soon we will be launching our Fibre Optic Boost, which is designed for people who place heavy demands on their connection. It may be downloading movies, uploading videos or photos or streaming content – any activity which needs a superfast connection will be helped by this new boost.

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% – who have remained offline.