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Checkout the latest updates about our products and services from the TalkTalk team and our product experts. Take a look around, if you see anything of interest don’t forget to hit the Like button & leave a comment.

Technology
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UFO

5 reasons why Wi-Fi is slower on your smartphone

Wi-Fi is now an essential part of our connected lives, with most of us preferring to browse the web on our smartphones and tablets instead of the desktop PC gathering dust in the spare room.

Technology

Set up your Christmas gadgets

With all the new technology available today, there's no doubt that many of us will find a gadget or two under the Christmas tree this year.

Community
Technology

Music streaming this Christmas

Tis the season to be jolly, and there’s never been a better excuse to spend time with family and friends. So get those nibbles out and pop the champagne, it only happens once a year and finally, Christmas time is here. Right so now we've sorted the guest list, food and drinks let’s talk soundtracks. Did you know that as soon as December 1st rocked up the UK top 40 was dominated by Christmas tunes? That’s right we have to refrain ourselves from the absolute classics for 11 months of the year, so this party season make sure you rock around the Christmas tree to your hearts content.     

TalkTalk
Technology
UFO

FibreNation to rollout full fibre broadband to three million homes and businesses

Today we've announced an acceleration of our full fibre strategy, with the launch of a company to build a new broadband network for Britain. The company, FibreNation, will roll out faster, more reliable broadband to three million homes and businesses.  

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TalkTalk
Technology

Help make Broadband better

   As you know, here at TalkTalk we're always working to make our broadband as good as it can be. Now you can help too. We’re delighted to invite you to take part in a trial with SamKnows, the world leaders in broadband measurement. They’ve partnered with Ofcom to research broadband performance across the UK and this is your chance to play 

Technology

How broadband speed works

Whenever you do anything online like send an email or update your social media, data is sent over your broadband connection. How quickly this data is sent is down to your bandwidth - or broadband speed - which i'll explain in more detail in this blog.       

TalkTalk
Technology

TalkTalk’s ultrafast broadband now available for new customers in selected areas

TalkTalk, the UK’s leading value for money connectivity provider, today announced that ultrafast broadband will be available to new customers in select locations across the country.   The Faster 150 Fibre and Faster 300 Fibre Fixed Price Plans, which use the latest G.fast technology from Openreach and offer speeds 30 times faster than standard broadband, were previously only available for existing customers.

TalkTalk
Technology

Calling all HG633 Router users we have a new trial for you...

We are working on a significant firmware update for the Huawei HG633 router. It includes improvements on broadband and Wi-Fi as well as bug fixes. We are looking for volunteers to try it out first and feedback on their experience.

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Technology
UFO

WiFi Mesh, everything you need to know & more...

Hi, my name’s Martin  and I’m a senior technical specialist at TalkTalk. I’ve been evaluating the latest Wi-Fi mesh systems so we can make recommendations based on which systems are the easiest to set up and use, which have the best performance and which offer the most useful features. This is a completely independent review; the goal is to provide unbiased advice for anyone who’s thinking about extending their Wi-Fi coverage.

security
Technology

Shop securely online this weekend

The face of modern crime has changed, online fraud is the most common crime in the UK with more than five and a half million cyber offenses are now thought to take place each year. In the past year, nearly £11bn was lost to cybercrime last year with the average victim losing £210 per person.

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Technology

Broadband made faster

      We're all using our home broadband more than ever before (the average TalkTalk home downloads 45GB of data a month). So we're investing tens of millions of pounds into our network to make it faster and more stable.