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1 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 [...] 		02-May-2012
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2 Superfast 80Mb Fibre Optic Broadband is here
TalkTalk customers are now benefiting from great value Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband with download speeds of up to 80Mb. We’ve had a great response to pre-registration and now even more TalkTalk homes can enjoy some of the fastest broadband speeds around. Our new 80Mb Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband also offers unbeatable upstream speeds of up to [...] 		26-Apr-2012
14:28
3 How the web could save the world
The internet could be key to beating climate change in the coming decades, according to a report by a United Nations organisation. The Broadband Bridge, by the UN’s International Telecommunications Union, calls for governments around the world to join together policies around protecting the environment and developing broadband that is affordable for all. It says that Information [...] 		10-Apr-2012
12:36
4 A world first from TalkTalk – The Printer-Net!
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 [...] 		01-Apr-2012
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5 The chips are anything but down at this year’s Mobile World Congress
Some fantastic devices are being seen for the first time at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, and excitement is building over Apple’s iPad 3 tablet, which is expected to launch next Wednesday. The latest top-of-the-range smartphones from LG and Huawei will have quad-core processor chips, allowing them to handle 3D games and high-definition [...] 		01-Mar-2012
15:46
6 Are you getting your £3,000 of value?
There was an interesting story that came out this week about how the Internet is now worth over £3,000 to every British family in convenience savings. This huge figure, outlined in research by the Boston Consulting Group, is a combination of costs saved from using online tools like instant messaging to researching the web to [...] 		03-Feb-2012
10:39
7 8.5 million homes victim of a cyber attack
The internet is ultimately a wonderful thing that helps us communicate with friends, access a world of information and even save money. But there are some risks we need to be aware of, just like in the real world. Well over eight million homes in the UK experienced some form of cyber-attack in the first [...] 		20-Sep-2011
16:36
8 Could the royal wedding mark an internet watershed?
Back in 1953 the Queen’s coronation was a watershed moment in the success of a relatively new technology: television. Millions of people bought TV sets for the first time to make sure they could see the coronation for themselves. Up till that point TV had been a luxury – it was quite typical for only one house [...] 		28-Apr-2011
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9 Thought 2010 was good for video games? See what 2011 has to offer…
Did you race through your turkey dinner and sneak out on the Queen’s speech in order to get in some quality gaming time over the festive period? If so, who can blame you. Last year delivered a bumper crop of brilliant titles to play over Christmas and New Year. The likes of Mass Effect 2, [...] 		07-Jan-2011
15:17
10 Historypin brings the generations together online
Regular readers of this blog will know that at TalkTalk we’re strongly committed to encouraging greater digital inclusion. One great new website that helps bring young and old people together online is called Historypin. We asked Historypin’s managing director, Nick Stanhope, to blog for us about the site and its aims . . . Historypin.com, launched in [...] 		30-Jul-2010
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11 Lost in time and cyberspace: why we need to archive the web properly
I remember when I was first told that the British Library kept a copy of every single book, newspaper and magazine published in the UK. It seemed like a magical idea... 		22-Apr-2010
09:28
12 Brits will use broadband for “life overhaul” in 2010
How will you use the internet in 2010? That’s the question we recently asked 2,000 people up and down the UK, and we’ve revealed the answers today. Impressively, half of Brits say they will use the internet to try something new this year and 20% of them believe the net will have a bigger impact on their lives than in 2009. 		22-Jan-2010
13:47
13 Brits can’t switch off from the internet
Last week we conducted some research to find out more about our internet habits over the Christmas and New Year period. We discovered that over one-third of you (34%) spent time working and accessing work-related emails remotely. On average, you spent a whopping three hours and 18 minutes working from home when you were officially on holiday and one in 10 of those surveyed claimed they spent over 10 hours working from home. 		14-Jan-2010
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