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Re: America the Worst For Cell Rates and Plans

Paul Coxwell (paulcoxwell@tiscali.co.uk)
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:39:14 -0000

> Let's see. In the UK, you can't just go buy a TV, bring it home, and
> turn it on. You must OWN A LICENSE, paid for to the crown, to receive
> television entertainment. That's so ridiculous, it's amazing. What
> are those people thinking.

> And yet they put up with it.

Yep, and that license fee (aka television tax) currently runs about
$200 per year.

But it gets worse. If you go into one of the big stores and buy a TV
(or VCR, satellite receiver etc.) they are actually obliged by law to
pass your name and address on to the TV Licensing Office,. And if
there's no license registered there, you'll be subjected to the usual
barrage of intimidating letters (unless you had the sense to pay cash
and give a false address, of course).

Here's the official TV Licensing website:

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/

There is some opposition here however:

http://www.tvlicensing.biz/

Paul Coxwell
Norfolk, England.

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