That is ridiculous. I do have a smart phone, but I don't watch tv on
it.
Same goes for my computer. So, if I lived on my own, I would be
penalised
for having equipment that I didn't use. Still, I suppose it's the same
for
people who only watch Sky and not BBC programmes. Sigh.
Cheers
Barry
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
john coley
Sent: 09 November 2011 2:22 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TV licensing again
Hi Barry, maybe you could, unless you had a mobile, in which case you'd
be
snookered.
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Hill" <barry.hill3@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TV licensing again
Just to add a little more confusion to the mix, if you don't have a tv
with
the Goodmans, and you don't have a computer, would you be able to just
get
a
black and white tv licence, and that at half price?
Cheers
Barry
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of
john coley
Sent: 09 November 2011 2:06 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] TV licensing again
Hi everybody, a few months or so ago there was a thread regarding the
Goodmans Smarttalk freeview box, and whether or not a licence was
required
if someone was using the box for sound only, with no TV plugged into
it,
just speakers.
The general consensus was that a licence wouldn't be required.
Checking
on
the RNIB website seemed to confirm that.
As that applies to me I rang the TV licensing authority today to
cancel
my
direct debit. I explained the situation to them, and told them what the
RNIB
had to say on the matter, and the guy, having gone away to check came
back
and said that since the box could receive a tv signal at time of
broadcast
I
would require a licence, whether a TV was connected to the box or not.
Further to that he said that if I had a computer in my home I'd
require a
TV licence, since a computer has the potential of receiving TV
broadcasts.
Since this was completely at odds with what the RNIB said, and what
posters to this list had said I rang the RNIB to check. I haven't heard
back
from them yet, but it will be interesting to see what they say.
According to the guy at TV licensing the only circumstance in which a
license isn't required would be if the box wasn't able to receive a
picture,
and was a sound only receiver. Mind you, given what the guy said about
the
need for a licence if there was a computer at the address it sounds as
if
everyone needs one, since if computers do so would mobiles, since they
also
have the potential to receive a TV signal.
John.
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