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TalkTalks New UK YouView Broadband TV Service Creates 500 Jobs

3rd September, 2012 (5 Comments)

The recent launch of TalkTalk’s new YouView TV (IPTV) service (full details), which is being included alongside the ISPs unlimited broadband and anytime UK calls “Plus” package bundle, will apparently also result in the creation of 500 new jobs; most of whom will be engineers. But big challenges remain.

UK ISP TalkTalk Hikes Early Broadband and Phone Cancellation Charges

22nd August, 2012 (4 Comments)

Budget internet provider TalkTalk UK has increased the cost of its early termination charges by up to +£2 extra a month, which is the fee you pay when choosing to leave your broadband and or phone service contract before its minimum term period (12 or 18 months) has expired.

ISPreview UK Study Warns of Uphill Struggle for Bad Broadband ISPs

20th August, 2012 (4 Comments)

The results from 1068 respondents to ISPreview.co.uk’s latest monthly web-based survey has revealed that 63.6% would never return to a broadband ISP that had previously caused them problems and 78.3% are now unwilling to sacrifice quality for a cheaper price. Can ISPs ever overcome a bad reputation?

UPD A Closer Look at Latency and Packet Loss on the Biggest Broadband ISPs

17th August, 2012 (57 Comments)

Ofcom’s latest broadband speeds report (released this week) also includes a unique and useful insight into the Latency (Ping) and Packet Loss performance of the UK’s largest ISPs, which can have a serious impact upon the performance of specific internet applications (e.g. online video games, Skype etc.). But which provider is best?

TalkTalk UK Becomes True Quad Play ISP with New Mobile Service

16th August, 2012 (5 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has today expanded upon its existing MVNO partnership with Vodafone UK by launching a more extensive range of mobile services, which means that the provider can now offer broadband, phone, mobile and even a TV service via YouView. Mobile contracts start from just £5 a month.

BSkyB UK Rivals Could Raise Broadband ISP Bundle Prices After Pay TV Ruling

13th August, 2012 (3 Comments)

The price UK consumers pay for bundling broadband, TV and or phone services when premium movie or sports content is included from BSkyB could soon rise after several recent competition rulings left Ofcom’s effort to break the media giants alleged hold over the pay-tv market in tatters.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Launches UK 2012 Digital Heroes Awards

10th August, 2012 (0 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk UK has announced the launch of its latest annual 2012 Digital Heroes Award, which offers grants worth up to £5,000 to those who do outstanding work by using digital technology to improve the lives of people in their communities.

UPD TalkTalk UK Unveil Free TV Service and Falls to 4.047m Broadband Subs

26th July, 2012 (2 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has today announced the launch of its new “FREE” TV service, which is based off the YouView (IPTV) platform and will be offered at no additional monthly cost to the providers existing ‘Plus‘ broadband and phone customers. But there’s a catch.

TalkTalk UK Bundles Broadband and Phone with 12 Months LOVEFiLM

23rd July, 2012 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has today launched a new promotion that bundles its ‘Plus‘ package of home phone and broadband internet access with 12 months membership to Amazon’s unlimited LOVEFiLM Instant movie streaming service (normally costs £4.99 a month).

ISP TalkTalk Spends GBP200k to Upgrade Broadband in West Norfolk UK

18th July, 2012 (2 Comments)

Budget internet and phone operator TalkTalk (AOL) has reportedly spent £200,000 on an upgrade of their unbundled broadband (LLU) services at several telephone exchanges in West Norfolk, which includes Middleton, Terrington St Clement, Hunstanton and Heacham.

TalkTalk UK Adds GBP25 Love2Shop Voucher to Half Price Broadband Bundle

13th July, 2012 (2 Comments)

Budget ISP TalkTalk has started offering a £25 Love2Shop Voucher, which can be used at 20,000 high street stores (e.g. Boots, Debenhams, HMV, River Island, Comet etc.), alongside their existing half price broadband and calls with free connection promotion.

TalkTalk Prep Mobile Service and Admits Being Unconsciously Incompetent

9th July, 2012 (8 Comments)

The CEO of UK budget broadband and phone provider TalkTalk, Dido Harding, has admitted that two years ago the ISP was letting its customers down while going through a post-Tiscali acquisition period of being “unconsciously incompetent“. But all is well, now that they’ve become “much more consciously incompetent” instead.

Analyst Expects Sky to Bid for Budget UK Internet Provider Rival TalkTalk

5th July, 2012 (8 Comments)

BT’s risky £738 million grab of 38 Premier League football games (here) for its BTVision TV (IPTV) service has allegedly sparked rumours in the city that BSkyB (Sky Broadband) could be about to make a bid for arch rival TalkTalk, which may or may not be a good thing.

UPD YouView UK Subscription Free Broadband TV Service Heads to Retail

4th July, 2012 (4 Comments)

The YouView (Project Canvas) IPTV product, a subscription free, broadband internet based, video-on-demand and catch-up TV service that will be bundled by several big ISPs, has today confirmed that it will be available through major retailers by the end of July 2012. TalkTalk has also pledged to reveal its related bundle at a Strategy Day for investors on 26 July.

TalkTalk UK Offer GBP25 Sainsburys Voucher with Half Price Broadband

28th June, 2012 (0 Comments)

Budget internet and phone provider TalkTalk UK has today begun including a free £25 Sainsbury’s voucher alongside their existing half price broadband and free connection (saves £30) promotions, although the voucher will only be available until Thursday 5th July 2012 next week.

UPD Ofcom UK Names TalkTalk the Most Complained about Broadband ISP

27th June, 2012 (2 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today published its latest quarterly customer complaints data (Q1-2012) for big fixed line broadband and mobile providers (i.e. those with a market share of 4%+). Sadly TalkTalk remains the ISP with most complaints but crucially they have continued to improve.

UK ISP TalkTalk Claims Consumers Lose 4Mbps to Poor Broadband Setups

20th June, 2012 (2 Comments)

Internet and phone provider TalkTalk has today suggested that over 500,000 UK homes could be bleeding 4Mbps (Megabits per second) of broadband speed because of “poor in-home setups“, which is allegedly “equivalent to 2.3 Million Mb of speed being lost every second” and they know how to fix it.