TV License vs Broadband Internet Only

On 10 Jan 2007 09:47:20 -0800, "TimB" wrote:


Rob wrote:
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. 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?

Probably because a lot of people post simplistic and incorrect replies such
as yours.

I'm intrigued. Please, why do you believe that my response is
incorrect?

Technically (and pedantically), "watch" is the wrong word.

You need a licence if you *Use* the TV to receive TV programme
services.

You still need one even if you are blind (although it is free then),
or if you have the picture dimmed right down so that you can only hear
it.

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To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

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says...
"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. ;-)

And what do you say when the TV licence blokes keep knocking on your door?
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To be clear however: I will not give one penny to the BBC and we can settle
that via the courts.

We know. You've said so 100 ****ing times. Now shut the **** up about it!

Eat a box of these - it might help!
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"Dom Robinson" wrote in message
...
In article ,

says...
"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. ;-)

And what do you say when the TV licence blokes keep knocking on your door?
--



We don't answer the door to cold-callers so that scenario has never
occurred.

We did invite them to arrange an appointment with my solicitor. They never
did accept my generous and gracious invite.

"Heracles Pollux" wrote in message
...

Aaah....I'm replying from uk.legal. My reference to 'need' was in
the
law-abiding citizen sense of the word. I'm guessing you're posting
from elsewhere. Now I see the confusion :-)

The person you replied to is anything but a law abiding citizen.




and which offences are you implying I have alegedly broken?


Name of offence? Place? Victim?


To be clear however: I will not give one penny to the BBC and we can
settle that via the courts.


I have been convicted of no offences ever. I am under investigation
by no law enforcement authority.

Even the BBC have failed to apply to either search my house,
"interview" me under caution, or even submit a list of questions.

What the **** are you wittering on about?


You have admitted it. Not being caught or convicted does not negate
that. As you have confessed, no one needs to prove it or convict you
to state it.

AC

"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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On 10 Jan 2007 09:47:20 -0800, "TimB" wrote:


Rob wrote:
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. 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?

Probably because a lot of people post simplistic and incorrect replies
such
as yours.

I'm intrigued. Please, why do you believe that my response is
incorrect?

Technically (and pedantically), "watch" is the wrong word.

You need a licence if you *Use* the TV to receive TV programme
services.

You still need one even if you are blind (although it is free then),


Where on earth did you get that from ?

"If you or someone you live with is registered blind, you qualify to receive
a 50% concession on the cost of your TV Licence."

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/blind.jsp

Joe Lee



or if you have the picture dimmed right down so that you can only hear
it
..

--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
To be, or not to be, those are the parameters.
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:49:09 -0000, "Joe Lee" [email protected]
wrote:


"Alex Heney" wrote in message
.. .
On 10 Jan 2007 09:47:20 -0800, "TimB" wrote:


Rob wrote:
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. 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?

Probably because a lot of people post simplistic and incorrect replies
such
as yours.

I'm intrigued. Please, why do you believe that my response is
incorrect?

Technically (and pedantically), "watch" is the wrong word.

You need a licence if you *Use* the TV to receive TV programme
services.

You still need one even if you are blind (although it is free then),


Where on earth did you get that from ?

Faulty memory.

I was confusing it with the over 75 year old licence, which *is* free.

--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
Don't let the computer bugs bite!
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

"Alex Heney" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:49:09 -0000, "Joe Lee" [email protected]
wrote:


"Alex Heney" wrote in message
. ..
On 10 Jan 2007 09:47:20 -0800, "TimB" wrote:


Rob wrote:
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. 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?

Probably because a lot of people post simplistic and incorrect replies
such
as yours.

I'm intrigued. Please, why do you believe that my response is
incorrect?

Technically (and pedantically), "watch" is the wrong word.

You need a licence if you *Use* the TV to receive TV programme
services.

You still need one even if you are blind (although it is free then),


Where on earth did you get that from ?

Faulty memory.

Then can I suggest that uk.legal would benefit from a little less quantity &
a little more quality in your posts. Perhaps then you would not need to
place quite so much reliance upon your memory.

Joe Lee



Alex Heney, Global Villager
Don't let the computer bugs bite!
To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom

"AC" wrote in message
...

"Heracles Pollux" wrote in message
...

Aaah....I'm replying from uk.legal. My reference to 'need' was in the
law-abiding citizen sense of the word. I'm guessing you're posting
from elsewhere. Now I see the confusion :-)

The person you replied to is anything but a law abiding citizen.




and which offences are you implying I have alegedly broken?


Name of offence? Place? Victim?


To be clear however: I will not give one penny to the BBC and we can
settle that via the courts.


I have been convicted of no offences ever. I am under investigation by no
law enforcement authority.

Even the BBC have failed to apply to either search my house, "interview"
me under caution, or even submit a list of questions.

What the **** are you wittering on about?


You have admitted it. Not being caught or convicted does not negate that.
As you have confessed, no one needs to prove it or convict you to state
it.

AC




With regards to not paying for the BBC, rather than shame, that offence is a
badge of honour.

To be classed a "criminal" for refusing to fund the BBC is the same as being
classed a "criminal" by the Nazis for supporting the French Resistance or
for spreading the wisdom of democracy in China or Saudi Arabia.

Can you name any real criminal offences or is the allegation merely
sensational falsehood, defamatory and libellous?

You couldn't even get me for a parking ticket or for breaking wind in
church.

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:49:39 -0000, "Joe Lee" [email protected]
wrote:


"Alex Heney" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:49:09 -0000, "Joe Lee" [email protected]
snip


You still need one even if you are blind (although it is free then),


Where on earth did you get that from ?

Faulty memory.

Then can I suggest that uk.legal would benefit from a little less quantity &
a little more quality in your posts. Perhaps then you would not need to
place quite so much reliance upon your memory.


You can suggest it, of course.

I will take not a blind bit of notice, and the suggestion rather
lowers my opinion of you, but never mind that :-)


The number of posts I make has no bearing whatsoever on whether I
"rely" on my memory.
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Alex Heney, Global Villager
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