TV Licence Super Thread

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Pottsey said:
What you are missing is you can get a range of those channels for free via streaming. So you drop the license and you don't lose all those channels like 5, 6, UKTV e.c.t Its only really BBC channels you lose and those are not very good.
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robj20 said:
It's really not though.
For instance if my parents streamed the things they watch it would be totally free. Fair enough they'd loose BBC but everything else would be free.
Streaming such as Netflix and Amazon are more comparable to sky ie am optional extra.
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Pottsey said:
Which is why they seem to be switching to streaming as its easier and simpler. Plenty of 70, 80's and I even know one person at 89 years old that has swapped to Streaming and love it. The streaming AI shows them what they want. When I visit the 89 year old she gets tons of war films and such in her home page. Its way better then channel hopping to find what they want. Far simpler to use.

They don't have 1000000 channels they effectively have 1 channel made up of what they like once the AI learns what they watch. EDIT: Its also the reason I like it. Effectively I have 1 channel that shows me everything I like. My other half has 1 channel which a completely different set of programs. Way simpler then channel hopping and getting TV guides out.

EDIT2: Old people today are not like the old people of 10 or 20 years ago. They have been exposed to technology for decades. Its pretty common now for someone in there 60's to have a smartphone and I dare say most 70's would also be used to the smartphone age. 80's gets a little more hit and miss. But give it another 10 years and even the people in the 80's will be part of the smartphone age and so used to technology.
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Yes, I agree with these comments.

Nevakonaza said:
Reported by the express that 273,000 have stopped paying the licence fee costing up to 40mil :D

good riddance.
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I think it's going to be a big blow for the BBC. A nice hole in the pocket. I wonder what their next move is.
 
They want to force it on to general taxes, like what happened in Germany with their "TV licence". It's the same in the US too, but they like to keep it quiet.

So far the Tories have resisted it, but if Labour gets in they love the whole socialist/union bully thing.
 
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Bouton Aide said:
I think it's going to be a big blow for the BBC. A nice hole in the pocket. I wonder what their next move is.
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I don't think they have a next move. Sky have evolved, BBC are still moving like a slug. There's that Britbox service but it just seems a bit meh, feels like it should be a free add-on for licence payers. Maybe that's what BBC should do, add content for free.
 
I panic that I haven't responded to TV licence letters, when I don't watch normal TV - only the streaming services (I don't even have a TV aerial) How many other things do you worry about paying for that you don't even use? It's madness really that I feel like a criminal.
 
Clearcut said:
I panic that I haven't responded to TV licence letters, when I don't watch normal TV - only the streaming services (I don't even have a TV aerial) How many other things do you worry about paying for that you don't even use? It's madness really that I feel like a criminal.
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It sucks to have to do it but I just fill out the online declaration form with fake details but the right address.

They have so far not hassled me too much, but I am aware this doesn't work for everyone. Just don't give them real details and use a fake/throwaway email address.

Not paid a license fee since my first home in 2013 so far, saving about £1k.
 
Clearcut said:
I panic that I haven't responded to TV licence letters, when I don't watch normal TV - only the streaming services (I don't even have a TV aerial) How many other things do you worry about paying for that you don't even use? It's madness really that I feel like a criminal.
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I've been ignoring them for years, they just go around in a circle sounding more threatening each time until eventually it resets again back to the start.

I don't think anyones ever knocked on my door and if they have I must have ignored them since if I'm not expecting someone I won't bother to answer
 
Malevolence said:
And how exactly does one access this streaming when you're stuck with a ****** 1MB/s connection and no access to fibre?
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That's pretty rare and unusual even the most remote locations normally have much faster broadband access then 1MB. The very few locations which what make up what is it 0.5% of the population or something like that that are due to get covered by 2025 assuming nothing gets delayed. 1MB/s is 6500% below the average across the UK.
 
Pottsey said:
That's pretty rare and unusual even the most remote locations normally have much faster broadband access then 1MB. The very few locations which what make up what is it 0.5% of the population or something like that that are due to get covered by 2025 assuming nothing gets delayed.
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And partly funded by the TV Licence too
 
Pottsey said:
That's pretty rare and unusual even the most remote locations normally have much faster broadband access then 1MB. The very few locations which what make up what is it 0.5% of the population or something like that that are due to get covered by 2025 assuming nothing gets delayed. 1MB/s is 6500% below the average across the UK.
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We won't be getting done. Openreach enabled all the cabinets in this part of the city ages ago but accidently missed ours out. And now when you phone up to ask them about it they simply say they have no plans to upgrade our cabinet in the future. Royally ****** me off as my mate who lives a few doors away enjoys full-fat fibre. You'd think I lived in out in the sticks, but I'm in the middle of a large city.
 
Malevolence said:
We won't be getting done. Openreach enabled all the cabinets in this part of the city ages ago but accidently missed ours out. And now when you phone up to ask them about it they simply say they have no plans to upgrade our cabinet in the future. Royally ****** me off as my mate who lives a few doors away enjoys full-fat fibre. You'd think I lived in out in the sticks, but I'm in the middle of a large city.
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That sounds very frustrating. What about G3, G4 or G5 if you are in a city surly you have access to those as an alternative? I know they are not as good as full fat fiber but surly they are better then 1mb. Being in a city you should be on 500mb to 1gig speeds not 1mb.
 
Pottsey said:
That's pretty rare and unusual even the most remote locations normally have much faster broadband access then 1MB. The very few locations which what make up what is it 0.5% of the population or something like that that are due to get covered by 2025 assuming nothing gets delayed. 1MB/s is 6500% below the average across the UK.
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86% of households in the UK have broadband access via wires. The remaining 14% are unlikely to get it. Ignore mean averages of speed, they're not too relevant.
 
Came in here just to rant about receiving another letter confirming I *don't* need a license.

Honestly, what a ***** system. I live, therefore I must inform an organization that I don't need their services.

Why doesn't every service provider in the UK start doing this? Keep harassing me to confirm I'm not using something of theirs, and threaten to hit me with a fine if they suspect otherwise.

****.
 
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Malevolence said:
And how exactly does one access this streaming when you're stuck with a ****** 1MB/s connection and no access to fibre?
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I'd likely not have a landline if mine was that bad. And then just move anyway. Paying a landline for poor speeds these days is like paying BBC for poor TV. But that's me, internet is more important than TV for me.
 
I DON'T fancy boys said:
Came in here just to rant about receiving another letter confirming I *don't* need a license.

Honestly, what a ***** system. I live, therefore I must inform an organization that I don't need their services.

Why doesn't every service provider in the UK start doing this? Keep harassing me to confirm I'm not using something of theirs, and threaten to hit me with a fine if they suspect otherwise.

****.
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Write to your local MP and chuck thier wasted paper in the bin, And spread the word tell your parents and friends they will NOT go to jail.
 
MissChief said:
They’ll always have a slight bias towards the ruling government. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Or at least the hand that controls your funding.
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They have an obligated duty to be impartial especially when a vote is coming up and during it.

Plus it's the people that feed them not the government.

HungryHippos said:
It sucks to have to do it but I just fill out the online declaration form with fake details but the right address.

They have so far not hassled me too much, but I am aware this doesn't work for everyone. Just don't give them real details and use a fake/throwaway email address.

Not paid a license fee since my first home in 2013 so far, saving about £1k.
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Do you watch live TV though or iPlayer?
 
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