Talk Talk Broadband Internet Access Plans

About Talk Talk:
TalkTalk is the consumer telephone business of The Carphone Warehouse Group plc, Europe's leading independent communications retailer.

November 2002: The Carphone Warehouse acquired Opal Telecom giving TalkTalk the strength and flexibility of its own landline network.

April 2004: TalkTalk introduced unlimited free calls between all of its customers; creating a massive organically grown free calls community.

2004 onwards: TalkTalk expanded its service across Europe. It now also operates in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain Switzerland and The Netherlands.

September 2005: TalkTalk launches line rental guaranteed to always be cheaper than BT.

December 2005: TalkTalk acquires Onetel and Tele2, taking total customer numbers up to 2.5 million. These customers all talk to each other for free.

October 2006: Carphone Warehouse complete the acquisition of the UK customer base of AOL's Internet access business from Time Warner Inc. The completion of the AOL deal makes them the clear number three player in the UK broadband market with 2.2 million residential broadband customers. TalkTalk is now the 3rd largest broadband provider in the UK.

The future: TalkTalk's aim is to introduce more free international calls between other TalkTalk customers across Europe, creating the world's largest free calls community.

February 2003: The Carphone Warehouse launched its residential landline service, TalkTalk guaranteeing to be cheaper than BT.

November 2004: TalkTalk Broadband launched, offering customers great value package of unlimited broadband and free home phone calls for £17.99 per month.

July 2005: TalkTalk introduces its first international free calls: with customers in the UK and Ireland talking to each other for free.


September 2005: TalkTalk teams up with Nectar to offer customers two points per pound spent.

April 2006: TalkTalk launches free broadband.

December 2006: 3/4 million people have now ordered free broadband from TalkTalk. They are the fastest growing broadband business in the UK!