TV license for mobile phones

In article ,
[email protected] says...
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:24:40 -0000, ad
You be surprised how many people have not got a T.V and yet may have
a
phoneable to do these functions.

I would be surprised if they numbered over 100.

Maybe so, but it is still 100 people.

In article ,
says...

What's changed? Nothing.

You have to have - and have always had to have - a licence for any
equipment capable of receiving a TV signal. Not one thing has changed -
apart from the technology.

But it is not a T.V signal as such, this service is over a phone
network. The sooner this government comes to is senses and get rid of
this T.V tax the better.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:25:30 -0000, ad
wrote:

It is just silly, you got a small screen and yet you are expected tpo
pay for a license to use it.

So people with a 14" TV should pay less than someone with a 42" TV? Do
you ever think through your messages before you hit send?
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In article ,
says...

I agree, the T.V license should be for the BBC crap only and that is
it, you should not have to pay it if you do not watch the BBC.

And they police that.... how?

In this day and age it is simple to do. you can have an encoder for
digital and analouge, if you pay they will allow you to watch BBC
channels, if you do not, then it is switched off.

In article ,
says...


Students living away from home; single people living in bedsits; people
living in residential homes with a communal TV.


That could be true, mind you most students got a T.V anyway,I know my
nephew who is at Uni do not have aT.V where he is.

"ad" wrote in message
k...
In article ,
says...

What's changed? Nothing.

You have to have - and have always had to have - a licence for any
equipment capable of receiving a TV signal. Not one thing has changed -
apart from the technology.

But it is not a T.V signal as such, this service is over a phone
network. The sooner this government comes to is senses and get rid of
this T.V tax the better.


That's rather a different point isn't it? Personally, I'm in favour of the
licence but if you're not it doesn't matter how fairly it's implemented.

This is the same argument people use to hate speed cameras. I think speed
limits should be raised - especially on motorways - but it's never a bad
idea to enforce the law. If you don't like the law get it changed.

"ad" wrote in message
k...
In article ,
says...

What's changed? Nothing.

You have to have - and have always had to have - a licence for any
equipment capable of receiving a TV signal. Not one thing has changed -
apart from the technology.

But it is not a T.V signal as such, this service is over a phone
network. The sooner this government comes to is senses and get rid of
this T.V tax the better.


That's rather a different point isn't it? Personally, I'm in favour of the
licence but if you're not it doesn't matter how fairly it's implemented.

This is the same argument people use to hate speed cameras. I think speed
limits should be raised - especially on motorways - but it's never a bad
idea to enforce the law. If you don't like the law get it changed.

Max Demian said the following on 19/01/2005 18:52:

Students living away from home;

Who are allowed to use a TV running off it's own internal batteries
provided their parents have a licence. (Although i assume charging it
may be classed as running off mains power, unless the battery had to be
placed in a seperate charger for charging?)

Kev

"Adrian" wrote in message
. 1.4...
Andrew Scott ) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying :

There was a story in one of the papers last week which stated that
only 1 in 5 people actually watch BBC.

Daily "We Hate The BBC" Telegraph?

The Sun? (prop. R. Murdoch)
The Times? (prop. R. Murdoch)

Peter

"ad" wrote...
says...


There was a story in one of the papers last week which stated that
only 1 in 5 people actually watch BBC. When The analouge switch off
eventually comes,

That do not surprise me, since I have had Sky, I have not really
watched BBC, apart from Little Britain, I did not watch BBC much,
before I had Sky.

Fair enough, but have you stopped to consider what this will do to your
brain? It seems to be fairly marginal already.

Matti