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We all love paying less!

Last week Ofcom revealed that, on average, customers today are paying more than 50% less for their broadband than they did in 2005. This is great news for our customers and it’s due to something called Local Loop Unbundling, which means that companies like us are able to install equipment into local telephone exchanges that [...]

TalkTalk Technology plans for the future

TalkTalk Technology, based in Irlam near Manchester, is the team of engineers and developers who run our Next Generation Network (NGN). Our NGN is the biggest in the UK and TalkTalk Technology employs over 500 people who manage the network and work on enhancements to give our customers the most reliable service possible. A group of us [...]

Upgrading our Next Generation Network for the 21st century

It’s not a name that most of you will ever hear, but thousands of TalkTalk Group customers across the country are already feeling the benefits of the major Network Unification Project (NUP) being rolled out by TalkTalk Technology, the 500-strong team of developers and engineers who look after our Next Generation Network.

Helping tune up your broadband speed

Recently I blogged on how we’ve invested in our Next Generation Network – the largest in the UK behind BT – to give our customers the most reliable broadband service at the best possible speed. I mentioned that, despite the focus on people’s distance from the internet exchange, in actual fact broadband speed can be significantly affected by very simple things in people’s homes. Indeed, around 60% of people, by our estimation, have sub-optimal wiring in their home which affects the quality and speed of their broadband connection.