TalkTalk – Leading Budget Broadband Provider
- Free YouView box with Plus TV, broadband & calls package
- Free, award-winning Homesafe™ online security service as standard
- Unlimited download allowance
TalkTalk Essentials Broadband & Calls
12 MONTHS 1/2 PRICE + FREE INSTALLGreat value unlimited broadband with evening & weekend calls- Up to 14Mb Broadband
- Unlimited Monthly Usage
- Inclusive Evening & Weekend calls
Order Onlineor call 0800 840 5395£3.25£6.50 after 12 months£3.25 for 12 months, £6.50 thereafter. £14.95 per month line rental. 12 month contract.
TalkTalk Essentials & Anytime Calls
£8.25 FOR 12 MONTHS + FREE INSTALLUp to 14Mb unlimited broadband with inclusive anytime calls- Up to 14Mb Broadband
- Unlimited Monthly Usage
- Inclusive Anytime Calls
Order Onlineor call 0800 840 5395£8.25£11.50 after 12 months£8.25 for 12 months, £11.50 thereafter. £14.95 per month line rental. 12 month contract.
TalkTalk Plus TV Bundle
£10 FOR 6 MONTHS + FREE INSTALLYouView Plus TV with on-demand, Unlimited Broadband and Anytime Calls- YouView Digital TV
- Up to 14Mb Unlimited Broadband
- Inclusive Anytime Calls
Order Onlineor call 0800 840 5395£10£15.50 after 6 months£14.95 per month line rental. 18 month contract.
TalkTalk provides a range of bargain broadband and calls packages with prices starting at just £3.25 a month. TalkTalk’s customers benefit from the HomeSafe online security system, free customer support, a 30-day, no quibble trial period and 10% off their 16 most called mobile and international numbers.Average broadband speed tests
Below are the average broadband speed tests performed by TalkTalk customers on Cable.co.uk.
MonthDownload SpeedUpload SpeedTotal TestsMay 201311.1Mbps1.6Mbps1860Apr 201311.3Mbps1.3Mbps2338Mar 201310.6Mbps1.3Mbps2193Feb 201311.5Mbps1.8Mbps2611Jan 201310.5Mbps1.4Mbps2559Dec 20129.9Mbps1.4Mbps1784Nov 201210.1Mbps1.2Mbps1821Oct 201211.8Mbps1.6Mbps1308Sep 201210.1Mbps1.4Mbps1158Aug 20129.2Mbps1.2Mbps1163Jul 201212Mbps1.3Mbps1051Jun 20129.3Mbps1Mbps1059May 20129Mbps1Mbps1229Apr 20128.6Mbps859Kbps756Mar 20129.1Mbps894.4Kbps1420Feb 201212.7Mbps1.1Mbps143Jan 20127.2Mbps708.8Kbps75Dec 20118.7Mbps2.5Mbps30Nov 201110.8Mbps1.3Mbps26Oct 20119.5Mbps804.6Kbps27Sep 20118.2Mbps634.4Kbps48Aug 20117.4Mbps1.2Mbps66Jul 201113.2Mbps559.6Kbps12About TalkTalk
The meteoric rise that the mobile phone and related telecommunications industry experienced during the nineties was the midwife to many companies, some of which today sit alongside some of the richest companies in the world. Thirty years ago many of us had never heard of these telecommunications giants who are household names today, such as Vodafone, O2 and the Carphone Warehouse.
In an attempt to diversify their business, The Carphone Warehouse acquired the telecommunications company Opal Telecom in November 2002. This business move gave The Carphone Warehouse access to a switching network, which in turn gave access to BT Wholesale's landline telephone systems for the very first time.
Sensing an opportunity, Charles Dunstone, co-creator of Carphone Warehouse, became CEO of TalkTalk, a new company offering cheaper landline calls than their competitor British Telecom. They went on to offer unlimited free calls between TalkTalk users from April 2004.
The company was a huge success, and soon diversified into the provision of broadband services to their landline phone customers. This was then followed by a succession of takeovers of other services by TalkTalk, including an acquisition of E2Save for £4.7m, the acquisition of Xtra in Spain for £11.6m as well as taking over One Stop Phone Shop for £15m and the double swoop of Tele2 for £11.5m and One.Tel for £169.6m.
This rapid expansion saw them introduce their controversial "free broadband plan". However, demand severely outstripped supply and TalkTalk experienced a rocky period where other allegations were thrown at them, such as the telephone slamming issue and the scandal surrounding their "data pimping" relationship with former spyware company Phorm.
Despite many teething problems and numerous complaints being leveled against their service, TalkTalk never stood still. They continued their relentless acquisition of other companies and in October 2006 acquired AOL UK for a cool £370m. As of 2008, TalkTalk was sat in third place in the pecking order of telecommunications providers in Britain, behind BT and Virgin Media, with around £347m in revenue.
To address this TalkTalk agreed to buy the customer base of rival broadband provider Tiscali for £236m. While this latest acquisition would put them into second place the deal is subject to European Union approval. By 2010 the people in control of both Carphone Warehouse and TalkTalk hope to have the two companies existing as separate listed entities, in order that shareholders can see better how their own companies are faring.
All in all, it would seem that TalkTalk endured a turbulent 'teenage' phase that they seem to be coming out of. With this most recent acquisition, which would take their customer base close to the 5m mark, it would seem that TalkTalk is determined to become a big player in both British and global telecommunications, and by offering cheap broadband and phone calls they could certainly accomplish this.








