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TalkTalk’s “Safest” Broadband Claims Were Misleading
An advert for TalkTalk's broadband, which featured imagery of a doll's house while claiming its broadband was the UK's "safest" and therefore clearly inferred your children would inevitably be MURDERED...
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Users Deserting TalkTalk — 170,000 Customers Left Last Year
The seemingly quite unpopular TalkTalk is still seeing its subscriber numbers slide, with 50,000 users leaving the broadband provider in the last quarter of 2011. That takes ship-jumpers up to 170,000...
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War Against Newzbin2 Continues: Yet Another Forced Blockade Gets Pushed Through
I’m not quite sure how this is still happening given the recent EU rulings deeming the practice of forced blockage illegal, but TalkTalk has now been court ordered to rub Newsbin2 off the map.
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YouView Launching in May?
We might get to finally use the YouView catch-up TV service later this year, with TV execs giving the launch of the Freeview-based TV-on-demand system a rough arrival date of May.
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ISPs Lose Appeal Over Digital Economy Act’s File-Sharing Crackdown
The rumblings over the UK's Digital Economy Act are nearing the end game, with the Court of Appeal denying an attempt by some ISPs to edit the terms of the new internet policing laws.
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TalkTalk’s Trying to Lure You Back With Cheapish 80Mbps Superfast Fibre...
Following BT’s lead, TalkTalk is rolling out 80Mbps fibre broadband for just £15 extra. That’s £15 on top of line rental, and your existing broadband subscription mind you, so it works out at a minimum...
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TalkTalk Still Grinds Your Gears the Most
Despite trying to lure you back with 80Mbps broadband on-the-cheap, TalkTalk is still the worst ISP in the UK for complaints according to Ofcom. In fact it’s breaking records for simply being so crap.
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TalkTalk Mumbles an Excuse For Misleading Broadband Speedchecker Data
TalkTalk’s the latest ISP to get itself in trouble with the Advertising Standards watchdog, after its own speedchecker was found to be exaggerating the download rates users could expect to see if they...
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Fancy a Dirt-Cheap New Computer and a Year’s Broadband For Just £159 All-In?
In need of a new computer and broadband connection? Can’t stomach the hefty prices of fibre? How about the whole lot for just £159 for a year then? That’s what Martha Lane Fox’s new Get Online @ Home...
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TalkTalk’s Sharing Customer Data But it Simply Doesn’t Care
UK mobile network TalkTalk has been taking a rather odd stance on the security of its customers’ data, adopting the standpoint that leaked files aren’t its problem if they’re on someone else’s server....
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TalkTalk Joins the Pirate Bay Blockade With a Delightful Message From the BPI
TalkTalk customers have already got a lot to complain about, but the network has just added to them. The thing is, it’s not really TalkTalk’s fault; a court order sealed TPB’s fate, and the network...
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BT and TalkTalk Will Roll Out Their Own YouView Boxes
YouView might have only just gotten into a few select homes, but it’s starting to gather a little bit of steam. Both BT and TalkTalk will apparently sell their own branded YouView boxes, meaning...
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Your Crappy Broadband Speed Might Actually Be Your Fault After All
Apparently a little bit of home maintenance goes a long way when it comes to broadband speeds. Your dodgy wiring, interference, and even your crummy router might be crippling your broadband by up to...
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ISP Porn Blocks Don’t Even Work Properly
Those who rely on TalkTalk’s HomeSafe adult material blocking tool to keep the internet’s flood of filth from the door are still able to access porn despite the ISP-level block, thanks to Google’s...
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Not Excited About YouView? How About if the Box is Free?
ISP TalkTalk, one of the key backers of the newly launched YouView TV service, has announced its plans to bundle up the potentially useful catch-up terrestrial telly box with its internet bundles,...
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TalkTalk Squeezes Out Its Own YouView Box
TalkTalk’s taken the wraps off its own YouView-powered service. It’s got a different Huawei-made box, looks a little different, and packs LoveFilm’s pay-per-view and TalkTalk’s own TV packages. The...
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TalkTalk Wants Nanny Ofcom to Put BT on the Naughty Step
Ofcom has agreed to deeply and thoroughly probe BT’s business practices, following complaints from TalkTalk that BT’s been a naughty boy, charging third-party ISPs more than it should for access to...
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TalkTalk’s Latest SIM-Only Plan Costs the Same as a Pint
Well, a pint from a Central London boozer anyway. For £3.50 a month on a 12 month contract, TalkTalk Mobile’s Small plan will give you 100 minutes talk time, 250 texts and 100MB of data. Double that...
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BT Becomes the Most Complained About Broadcaster, Thanks to Broken BT Sport...
The arrival of BT Sport and all the hassle it brought with it saw complaints about BT’s TV services more than double, as the phone giant made a bit of a mess of its transition to sports broadcaster....
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Cameron’s ISP Porn Filters Backfire, Blocking Safe Sex Education Sites
We never wanted ‘em, but we got ‘em anyway. The roll-out of UK ISP’s government-mandated porn filters is in full swing, with the four major providers switching on their blockers. But, as expected, each...
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