TV License vs Broadband Internet Only

if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable modem,
but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV license?

andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable
modem, but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV
license?

That depends on whether or not you have any gripes against the BBC.
Cheers
Jeff

Jeff Lawrence wrote:

andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable
modem, but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV
license?

That depends on whether or not you have any gripes against the BBC.
Cheers
Jeff

If you are using it as a television receiver ie. watching or recording
programmes at the time of broadcast, technically yes. If you are
watching downloaded programmes or using only on-demand services then
technically no. Remains a grey area in the legislation.

andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable modem,
but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV license?


I think you only need it if you watch live TV via the internet, such as
live football which is also being simultaneously transmitted to the UK.
I seem to remember the TVLA making a big deal about that during the
world cup.

Stewart

"Jeff Lawrence" wrote in message
...
andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable
modem, but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV
license?

That depends on whether or not you have any gripes against the BBC.
Cheers
Jeff




Very good!

No-one needs a TV Licence today unless they want one. The BBC TVL Gestapo do
not have the intellect, power, or means to force people to fund the BBC if
they do not want to.

I have no licence after 4 years, and I am still waiting for the Gestapo to
"interview" me under caution blah blah. I think I may be waiting a lifetime
for this to happen. ;-)

Word is, BBC TV Licensing are planning to move their operation to an Indian
call centre which will make their paper regime of fear even more useless.

Jeff Lawrence wrote:
andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable
modem, but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV
license?

That depends on whether or not you have any gripes against the BBC.
Cheers
Jeff

No, it depends on whether he watches TV. Why this question keeps coming
up is beyond me.

Simple: If you watch TV, you need a license. If you don't, you don't.
How do we manage such lengthy threads on this topic?

"Stewart Smith" wrote in message
...
andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable modem,
but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV license?


I think you only need it if you watch live TV via the internet, such as
live football which is also being simultaneously transmitted to the UK. I
seem to remember the TVLA making a big deal about that during the world
cup.

Stewart



Of course they would.

Of course they will say "they take xxxxx very seriously" too. ;-)

The fact is the BBC TVL have no means to prove to the courts what someone
may do within software or within TCP/IP protocols.

They do not have a means to see what people do in their houses and offices
other than to 1. ask for a confession (which works on women mainly), 2, walk
up to a window (which is illegal if you forbid them from trespassing on
private land), or 3, falsifying statements (which is common practice and
endorsed by their beaurocracy but tricky if they do not know one's name).

TimB wrote:
Jeff Lawrence wrote:
andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable
modem, but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV
license?

That depends on whether or not you have any gripes against the BBC.
Cheers
Jeff

No, it depends on whether he watches TV.

You'd think so wouldn't you.
Cheers
Jeff

uk.media.tv.misc
andwan
10 Jan 2007 09:03:45 -0800
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if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable modem,
but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV license?


Doesnt the word 'television' dictate a device custom built to do a
specific job .


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On 10 Jan 2007 09:15:15 -0800, "Flying Tortoise"
wrote:


Jeff Lawrence wrote:

andwan wrote:
if I don't have a TV set, but I got broadband internet via cable
modem, but no subscription to NTL TV service, do I have to buy a TV
license?

That depends on whether or not you have any gripes against the BBC.
Cheers
Jeff

If you are using it as a television receiver ie. watching or recording
programmes at the time of broadcast, technically yes. If you are
watching downloaded programmes or using only on-demand services then
technically no. Remains a grey area in the legislation.

No, it isn't a grey area.

You have defined it perfectly correctly above, and there is nothing
"grey" about it.
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