The TalkTalk Blog » response http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk Wed, 23 May 2012 15:29:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Response to Mirror Flawedband article this article in the Mirror quoting research from Simplifydigital.com which claims that those who live in poorer and rural areas are paying more for broadband. Simplyfydigital say that this is due to companies being unwilling to invest in exchanges unless they know they will make a good return on investment, which they say means rural areas often miss out.]]> http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/07/07/response-to-mirror-flawedband-article/ TalkTalk responds to Bono’s filesharing outrage Bono has accused ISPs of profiting from illegal filesharing and has suggested that ISPs curb copyright infringement in the same way they tackle child pornography.

The U2 frontman is seriously misguided. ISPs generate no additional revenue or profit from customers sharing files. In fact we incur some marginal cost due to the extra bandwidth required.

]]> http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2010/01/05/talktalk-responds-to-bono-s-filesharing-outrage/ 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).

]]> http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2009/10/28/talktalk-response-to-lord-mandelson-s-filesharing-announcement/ 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’.

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