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UK ISP TalkTalk Developing “Completely New” Mobile TV Content Service

27th January, 2017 (0 Comments)

The Senior Product Manager for TV at TalkTalk, Davide Turi, has revealed that broadband ISP TalkTalk is working on a “completely new” TV product that appears to be aimed at mobile devices (Smartphones, Tablets etc.). Turi recently joined the ISP after working at Sky on their Sky Q TV platform.

The Name is Bond, Broadband ISP TalkTalk Looks to Borrow £300m

10th January, 2017 (29 Comments)

Communications provider TalkTalk has revealed that it is turning to the bond markets for funding, as well as perhaps suffering an increase in the cost of borrowing, by securing £300 million. This should help them to repay some of their bank lenders (the provider owes around £847m in net debt).

UPDATE2 UK ISPs to Send First Internet Piracy Warning Letters this Month

10th January, 2017 (22 Comments)

ISPreview.co.uk can today confirm that the first Internet piracy warning letters (aka – “subscriber alerts” or “educational emails“) will this month begin to be sent by all of the biggest broadband ISPs. The “alerts” will be issued to those users who are suspected of engaging in online copyright infringement.

The UK Electricity Costs of Home Broadband ISP Routers Compared

3rd January, 2017 (8 Comments)

One of the unseen costs of running a modern Home Broadband connection stems from its impact on your electricity bill, not least the price of keeping your Internet router or modem device switched-on around the clock. We take a closer look at the costs of running such hardware.

Netflix UK’s 2016 vs 2015 Broadband ISP Video Streaming Speed Index

29th December, 2016 (0 Comments)

Netflix UK’s most recent ISP Speed Index update, which measures the popular Internet Movie and TV service’s video streaming performance on different broadband providers, has one again named Virgin Media as the fastest provider for their service in 2016; but it’s not that important to be top.

Q3 2016 Study – BT and Plusnet Attract Most Broadband Complaints

20th December, 2016 (6 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today published their Q3 2016 consumer complaints study, which reports that the total volume of fixed line Broadband, Phone and Pay TV complaints in the UK has increased, while Mobile gripes declined. Sadly BT came out as the biggest magnet for broadband gripes.

UK ISP TalkTalk Tweak Broadband Prices and Adopt 24 Month Contracts

19th December, 2016 (6 Comments)

TalkTalk has today decided to complement their 18 month contract terms by adding a lengthy 24 month option (i.e. 12 and 18 month terms are also available) and they’ve tweaked some of their broadband bundle discounts to match, although the new offers won’t last forever.

UPDATE Teenage TalkTalk ISP Hacker Given Rehabilitation Order by Court

13th December, 2016 (13 Comments)

A little too lenient? The Norwich Youth Court has today handed down a Rehabilitation Order to a 17-year-old boy after he admitted to seven charges under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, two of which are in connection with last year’s cyber-attack on TalkTalk. They also took his iPhone away.

UK ISP TalkTalk Criticised for Questionable Router Security Advice

7th December, 2016 (7 Comments)

Last week several broadband ISPs in the UK were attacked by a new Internet worm called Mirai (here), which hijacked their routers. TalkTalk’s older DSL-3780 was one of the devices to be hit and the ISP was quick to patch the problem, but oddly they have not advised customers to change WiFi passwords.

UK ISPs to Send Internet Piracy Warning Letters from Early 2017

30th November, 2016 (7 Comments)

After years of waiting, the Government’s long-held plan to force major broadband ISPs into issuing warning letters / emails to customers, specifically those suspected of having engaged in online copyright infringement (Internet piracy), looks set to get underway from early 2017.

UPDATE3 TalkTalk and Other ISP Routers Potentially Vulnerable to New Mirai Worm

29th November, 2016 (17 Comments)

It’s spreading fast! A newly modified version of the malicious Mirai worm, which has recently been remotely infecting masses of different broadband routers at other European ISPs (900,000+ in Germany), may soon begin to hit devices in the United Kingdom too, such as TalkTalk’s D-Link DSL-3780 kit.

Three UK Launches Fun Public Campaign for a 30% Mobile Spectrum Cap

28th November, 2016 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has taken a leaf out of TalkTalk’s “Fix Britain’s Internet” book and launched a new campaign (‘Make the Air Fair‘), which adopts the image of Ofcom’s CEO, Sharon White, and calls on her to impose a spectrum ownership cap of 30% that would hit EE (BT) and Vodafone.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Removes Setup Fees for Black Friday

25th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

TalkTalk has informed us that their Black Friday offer removes all setup fees from their broadband packages and TV bundles, which for example could save £25 off their ‘up to’ 38Mbps “Faster Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) service. Various half-price TV offers will also run on their Sky Cinema and Sports content.

BT and TalkTalk TV to Benefit from YouView IPTV Box Update

23rd November, 2016 (12 Comments)

Over the next few months some 2.5 million UK owners of a YouView (IPTV) based set-top-box, which includes TalkTalk and BT’s broadband-based TV subscribers, will start to benefit from a major “next generation” update that will enable the platform to do more, work faster and harness Cloud technology.

Ofcom Sets Rules for the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz UK Mobile Spectrum Auction

21st November, 2016 (0 Comments)

After a long delay Ofcom has unveiled the rules for their forthcoming auction of radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz (2350-2390MHz) and 3.4GHz (3410-3600MHz) bands, which will help mobile operators to launch Mobile Broadband (4G) services with “very fast download speeds“. But it’s bad news for BT / EE as a cap will apply.

TalkTalk Boost UK Network Capacity by 100Gbps for ‘The Grand Tour’

19th November, 2016 (23 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has revealed that they’ve had to add an additional 100Gbps (Gigabits per second) of data capacity to their network just to help cope with any extra load being generated by Amazon Prime’s new TV show, The Grand Tour (aka – Top Gear, but not on the BBC).

Zen Internet Tops Which? UK Broadband Survey, But TalkTalk Bottom

18th November, 2016 (7 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has published the outcome from their latest H2 2016 reader survey of broadband ISP satisfaction, which for the 10th time has named Zen Internet the best of the bunch. Sadly the news isn’t so good for TalkTalk, which had the lowest customer satisfaction score of 37%.