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Black Friday – TalkTalk Cuts 67Mbps FTTC Broadband to £21.95

15th November, 2019 (11 Comments)

Last week saw UK ISP TalkTalk discount the price of their 38Mbps (average peak time speed) “Faster Fibre” FTTC broadband and phone bundle to £21.95 and this week they’ve decided to do exactly the same with their “Superfast Fibre” 67Mbps package, which oddly makes them both the same price for the first 18 months of service.

TalkTalk Prep Imminent Launch of Openreach FTTP Broadband

15th November, 2019 (5 Comments)

The latest results (Q1 FY20) from TalkTalk have revealed that the UK ISP still hasn’t sealed a deal to sell FibreNation and its rollout of a new “full fibre” broadband network, although they did see strong take-up of their FTTC packages and confirmed plans to launch ultrafast FTTP via Openreach “before the end of the calendar year.“

ISP TalkTalk Delays Results Pending FibreNation UK FTTP Deal

13th November, 2019 (1 Comment)

Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk intended to publish their latest financial results today but this has just been delayed as a result of “advanced negotiations with interested parties” over the future of their sibling FibreNation business, which has been trying to drum up £1.5bn of investment to support their UK “full fibre” roll-out.

ISP TalkTalk UK Discounts 38Mbps FTTC Broadband to £21.95

8th November, 2019 (7 Comments)

Budget UK ISP TalkTalk has launched a new promotion ahead of the Black Friday event, which drops the monthly price of their 38Mbps (average peak time speed) “Faster Fibre” FTTC broadband and phone bundle to £21.95 and their 67Mbps “Superfast Fibre” option to £24.45 for new subscribers. Both include free setup.

ISP TalkTalk Business Relaunch UK Ethernet over FTTC Service

29th October, 2019 (12 Comments)

Internet provider TalkTalk Business has today relaunched their uncontended Ethernet over FTTC (EoFTTC) service to partners with improved features for small business customers. This is not to be confused with the broadband focused Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) product that consumers buy.

Update on IPv6 Plans for Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Vodafone UPDATE2

23rd October, 2019 (12 Comments)

Over the past few years many of the broadband ISP market’s smallest and biggest UK players, such as BT and Sky Broadband, have deployed the “new” IPv6 internet addressing standard. Sadly the same cannot be said for Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Vodafone and Plusnet. We asked each for an update and here’s what they said.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK Launches Password Protection App

17th October, 2019 (4 Comments)

Low cost broadband ISP TalkTalk has worked with internet security firm F-Secure to launch a new Password Manager app as part of their “SuperSafe Boost“, which securely stores logins so customers only need to remember one master password as the app automatically populates log-in details.

UK ISP TalkTalk Hails Addition of 350 New Jobs at Salford HQ

16th October, 2019 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP TalkTalk has announced that they’ve managed to create 350 new jobs in the North West as part of a recent recruitment drive, which formed the backdrop for the relocation of their HQ from London to Salford (Manchester) in order to support the next phase of their growth and cut costs.

Ex-TalkTalk UK Director Crowdfunds to Sue ISP for Unequal Pay UPDATE

15th October, 2019 (39 Comments)

Low cost broadband ISP TalkTalk is facing the prospect of a “landmark” legal case by one of its former Programme Directors, Rebecca Burke, who is crowd-funding to bring an equal pay claim against them after she was allegedly paid “40% less salary and 50% less bonus” than three other male colleges that were “in my team doing the same job.”

ASA UK Ban TalkTalk’s Misleading Fibre Upgrade Email Adverts

9th October, 2019 (6 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two email adverts for TalkTalk’s ISP after they “misleadingly” told customers that “your usage is affecting your broadband service” and “you’ve hit your limit 3 times in 30 days” before recommending an upgrade to “fibre“, even though neither user was at such a “limit“.

Budget UK ISP TalkTalk to Charge Ex-Customers £50 for Email

4th October, 2019 (34 Comments)

Former customers of TalkTalk’s broadband service (going as far back as Tiscali) who continue to use their old email accounts may be displeased to learn that the ISP is going to “start charging” them from £5 a month or £50 per year for access (more than a dedicated email host). Plus the ISP will delete accounts that don’t pay.

Study – Reliable UK Broadband More Important Than Partner

3rd October, 2019 (5 Comments)

A new YouGov survey of 4,100 UK people, which was commissioned by UK ISP TalkTalk, has claimed that for 50% of respondents access to “reliable broadband” is more important than their partner and 7 in 10 would even prioritise it over their family pet (this may depend what they mean – in the practical sense – by “prioritise“).

Ofcom Tackle UK Broadband ISP Pricing to Protect Vulnerable Users

25th September, 2019 (10 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has concluded their review of broadband ISP pricing and agreed industry changes that are designed to protect “vulnerable” consumers (e.g. pensioners) from “loyalty penalties,” which references how loyal customers (those who don’t switch or renegotiate) often end up paying more.

FibreNation Appoint New Leaders to Aid UK Full Fibre Rollout

24th September, 2019 (1 Comment)

The FibreNation (TalkTalk sibling) company, which hopes to deploy a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network to cover 3 million UK premises (if it can find enough investment – about £1.5bn), has today appointed Darren Woods as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Belinda Fearnley as its Head of HR.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Unveil Fairer Pricing Commitments

19th September, 2019 (10 Comments)

Low cost UK ISP TalkTalk has today responded to Ofcom’s wider call for greater industry fairness to consumers by unveiling a new set of “pricing commitments“, which they claim will ensure that “vulnerable customers can benefit from the best available deals” and receive the “most appropriate support” to meet their needs.

UK ISPs TalkTalk, BT, Sky Broadband Hit by Major Yahoo! Email Outage

5th September, 2019 (9 Comments)

A major outage of the Yahoo! email service is today impacting various UK internet service providers that use the same platform, such as Sky Broadband, BT and TalkTalk, among others. The problems began at around 7am this morning and appear to be on-going this afternoon.

Ex Virgin Media and Vodafone Man Becomes TalkTalk UK Biz MD

3rd September, 2019 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk Business (TTB) has appointed Jonathan Kini as its new Managing Director. Jonathan has previously held senior roles at both cable broadband operator Virgin Media and mobile giant Vodafone, as well as working for Drax Plc as CEO of the Customer Business and acting as an advisor to the Bank of England.