Spain Fund
03 Jan 2017
ISP subscriber numbers (from Q4, 2015) Got to wonder why nobody taken them over to gain 4 million customers plus?. [link] overview: The Big FourBT 7.99Sky 5.89Virgin 4.69TalkTalk 4.10SOURCE: Choose.net from quarterly results, customer numbers in millions.Plusnet - One of the biggest small ISPs in the UK, they're actually owned by the BT Group, although they continue to operate in the main as a separate business. In turn, they provide the network for John Lewis Broadb
Spain Fund
21 Dec 2016
Odey one of shorters lost 48% of fund value Delighted to read Odey who looks after £6.5billion of investments, has suffered a 48 per cent fall in the value of his flagship fund. One of the main shorters of TalkTalk. People like this should be banned from shorting
Spain Fund
19 Dec 2016
Sold recent buy for overall 12% profit Bought on 1st Dec for 149.50 and just sold for 169.44 So share improvement this month. Just need my others to keep going. My dividend been reinvested today by broker to bring down my average buy price
Spain Fund
14 Dec 2016
Shorters Shorting should be banned. You either own the share or you do not. [link]
Spain Fund
09 Dec 2016
Broker price target 260 Yeah right 🙄[link] Thursday analysts at Credit Suisse reiterated TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC’s (LON:TALK) shares as ‘Outperform’ in a research note issued to investors.Following Credit Suisse’s latest price target of 260 on the business this highlights that the broker now believes there is an increase of 63.11% from TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC’s current share price of 159.4.
Paringa
09 Dec 2016
Re: Oh Dear Again Perhaps the noble Baroness is not paid enough!
Norman Barrington
08 Dec 2016
Re: Oh Dear Again Spain fund, what i posted was what has happened SINCE the hacking revelations two days earlier. It is their mindboggling attitude and handling of the matter, and the very bad impression it creates. I conceed the sp has risen during this period, but i am left with no confidence in the BOD and absolute disdain for the CEO. There will be more of this negative pr to come, hence weak sell.
Damp Seaweed
07 Dec 2016
Re: Oh Dear Again The problem that I'm struggling with, is that Talktalk in its new strategy it is effectively trying to be a price leader. This means they are going for a premium price/ product strategy. Unfortunately this is completely inconsistent with their recent and current attitude to customer service and security, and also out of kilter with their less than top rank product offering....I'm thinking TV here.Basically I have never seen a successful strategy of offering a cheap product/ service at a premium price.In addition they really do need to reverse this pricing strategy which ensures that they DO NOT appear on the top 5 offers from price comparison websites. This is effectively ensuring that customer losses are not replenished.It is all school boy strategy stuff, and so all the more galling that we are remunerating the management so lavishly.
Spain Fund
07 Dec 2016
Re: Oh Dear Again we heard all that two days ago
Norman Barrington
07 Dec 2016
Oh Dear Again TalkTalk's handling of a wi-fi password breach is being criticised by several cyber-security experts.The BBC has presented the company with evidence that many of its customers' router credentials have been hacked, putting them at risk of data theft.The UK broadband provider confirmed that the sample of stolen router IDs it had been shown was real.But it is still advising users that there is "no need" to change their routers' settings.A cyber-security advisor to Europol said he was astounded by the decision."If TalkTalk has evidence that significant numbers of passwords are out in the wild, then at the very least they should be advising their customers to change their passwords," said the University of Surrey's Prof Alan Woodward. "To say they see no need to do so is, frankly, astonishing."A spokeswoman for TalkTalk said that customers could change their settings "if they wish" but added that she believed there was "no risk to their personal information".She referred the BBC to another security expert. But when questioned, he also said the company should change its advice.The management of TalkTalk have repeatedly shown they are about as clueless as the 1D10Ts at ofcom that why I have marked it currenkly as sell. I am an IT consultant coming across issues with the network and service more than any other. To say they are flaky is an understatement.I know this sounds like deramping, but I am just stating a professional view. You have been warned, but if I am wrong and this share flies, I will eat humble pie.
Norman Barrington
07 Dec 2016
Re: U.K. Proposes BT Network Changes to Improve Access for Rivals Ofcom are such utter clueless 1d10ts,
Spain Fund
06 Dec 2016
U.K. Proposes BT Network Changes to Improve Access for Rivals [link] Proposes BT Network Changes to Improve Access for Rivalsby Rebecca PentyDecember 6, 2016 — 6:44 AM ESTRegulator’s plan affects BT cost recovery, service, upgradesOfcom consultation meant to spur more fiber broadband to homesThe U.K.’s communications regulator, seeking to spur a roll-out of fiber broadband to homes and businesses, is proposing changes to BT Group Plc’s network to ease access for competitors.Ofcom outlined plans to give BT’s rivals looking to install fiber directly to buildings simpler, cheaper access to the former monopoly’s Openreach network, including the poles and underground tunnels that carry broadband cables. Sky Plc, TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc and Vodafone Group Plc are among companies that rely on Openreach to sell broadband to consumers.Ofcom wants to close a gap between the U.K. and some continental European countries in fiber deployment. The regulator last week advanced plans to legally separate Openreach from BT, stopping short of the full breakup demanded by rivals. That followed a government funding commitment of more than 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion) to boost broadband, putting pressure on BT’s cable-focused upgrade plans by emphasizing the fiber that its competitors favor.“Fiber is the future for broadband, and Ofcom is helping to deliver that through competition between networks,” Yih-Choung Teh, competition policy director at the regulator, said in a statement Tuesday. “Our plans will give providers increased confidence to invest in their own full-fiber networks at reduced cost.”The comment period closes at the end of January. The changes proposed by the regulator include altering BT’s cost recovery for third-party access such as making repairs to ducts, so that it happens in the same way BT recoups spending for its own deployments, by spreading costs across all services using the duct. Ofcom said it’s weighing changes to Openreach’s rental charges for accessing the network, including a possible cap.The regulator wants faster access for BT’s rivals for site surveys and is considering service-level agreements or guarantees when Openreach must do the work, or allow competitors to do the work themselves. It’s also considering whether to require Openreach to upgrade drop wires with fiber at the request of any telecommunications provider offering full-fiber broadband to a customer.As some other EU countries turn to fiber to speed up broadband connections, BT is relying on a cheaper solution that squeezes more out of its existing copper lines. The U.K. lags most other European Union countries in deploying fiber access all the way to people’s homes. Ofcom and the government are working on plans to give everyone the right to request service of 10 megabits per second by 2020.
xstar
06 Dec 2016
Re: HOPEFUL ? ..well.. I feel partly responsible for the most recent 40p of this share's decline , having bought (small) chunks all the way down to here...the market always seems to react in this way when I buy a share..so settle down for a 2 year wait before TALK goes back above 200p..(that's just my prediction, which again may have a huge effect in itself...) xstar.
Paringa
02 Dec 2016
HOPEFUL ? Isn't it time someone took Talk Talk out of it's misery?
Spain Fund
01 Dec 2016
Oh Dear [link] and Post Office routers hit by cyber-attackThousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers have had their internet access cut by an attack targeting certain types of internet routers.A spokeswoman for the Post Office told the BBC that the problem began on Sunday and had affected about 100,000 of its customers.Talk Talk also confirmed that some of its customers had been affected, and it was working on a fix.It is not yet known who is responsible for the attack.Earlier in the week, Germany's Deutsche Telekom revealed that up to 900,000 of its customers had lost their internet connection as a result of the attack.It involves the use of a modified form of the Mirai worm - a type of malware that is spread via hijacked computers, which causes damage to equipment powered by Linux-based operating systems.Mirai was also involved in an earlier attack that caused several of the world's leading websites to become inaccessible, including Spotify, Twitter and Reddit.Several models of router are vulnerable to the latest cyber-assault, including the Zyxel AMG1302, which is used by the Post Office."We would like to reassure customers that no personal data or devices have been compromised," said the Post Office's spokeswoman."We have identified the source of the problem and implemented a resolution which is currently being rolled out to all customers."For those customers who are still having problems, we are advising them to reboot their router."Doing so causes the machine to make use of updated software.TalkTalk's DSL-3780 router is affectedThousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers have had their internet access cut by an attack targeting certain types of internet routers. A spokeswoman for the Post Office told the BBC that the problem began on Sunday and had affected about 100,000 of its customers.Talk Talk also confirmed that some of its customers had been affected, and it was working on a fix.It is not yet known who is responsible for the attack.Earlier in the week, Germany's Deutsche Telekom revealed that up to 900,000 of its customers had lost their internet connection as a result of the attack.The Post Office provides a broadband service that runs off the back of TalkTalk's serviceIt involves the use of a modified form of the Mirai worm - a type of malware that is spread via hijacked computers, which causes damage to equipment powered by Linux-based operating systems.Mirai was also involved in an earlier attack that caused several of the world's leading websites to become inaccessible, including Spotify, Twitter and Reddit.Several models of router are vulnerable to the latest cyber-assault, including the Zyxel AMG1302, which is used by the Post Office."We would like to reassure customers that no personal data or devices have been compromised," said the Post Office's spokeswoman."We have identified the source of the problem and implemented a resolution which is currently being rolled out to all customers."For those customers who are still having problems, we are advising them to reboot their router."Doing so causes the machine to make use of updated software.Zyxel's AMG1302 router fell victim to the Mirai wormThe same router is also used by Kcom, an internet service provider (ISP) based in Hull, whose customers have also been affected."The vast majority of our customers are now able to connect to and use their broadband service as usual," the firm said in a statement."Our core network was not affected at any time and we have put in place measures to block future attacks from impacting our customers' routers and their ability to access the internet."Attack widensTalkTalk also confirmed that its D-Link DSL-3780 routers were affected but said only a small percentage of its customers used them."Along with other ISPs in the UK and abroad, we are taking steps to review the
