Hi Barry, it sounds totally bloody outrageous to me. If it is in the event the case the RNIB have been misleading people. I wonder as well if the RNIB would challenge the licensing authority on it. Ok, I've nothing against the BBC getting its fair due, but if what the guy told me today is true it's totally over the top.
John.----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Hill" <barry.hill3@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:36 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: TV licensing again
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 penalisedfor having equipment that I didn't use. Still, I suppose it's the same forpeople who only watch Sky and not BBC programmes. Sigh. Cheers Barry -----Original Message-----From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Ofjohn 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 againJust to add a little more confusion to the mix, if you don't have a tv withthe Goodmans, and you don't have a computer, would you be able to just geta 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 theGoodmans Smarttalk freeview box, and whether or not a licence was requiredif 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 RNIBhad 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 broadcastI 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 theneed 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. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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