Terrestrial TV down pan - cancel Licence?
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fluffycat
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Do you find you put TV on out of habit?? OR HAVE YOU stopped the Licence??
Thinking of stopping licence. Pay 6 ahead and 6 months behind of year fee. Have couple months left and paid few months towards next.
Haven't bought tv magazine for many months and hardly look forward to any TV shows like in past.
Money can go to a film sub and utilise loads of my physical films, games, music and cloud films. Also catch-up bar the Beeb.
Thinking of stopping licence. Pay 6 ahead and 6 months behind of year fee. Have couple months left and paid few months towards next.
Haven't bought tv magazine for many months and hardly look forward to any TV shows like in past.
Money can go to a film sub and utilise loads of my physical films, games, music and cloud films. Also catch-up bar the Beeb.
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If you won’t miss watching it and don’t use iPlayer, I’d go ahead and cancel it. There is no point paying for something you don’t use! I’ve heard of lots of people doing the same in recent times.
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I feel the same way @fluffycat but I’d feel slightly cut off if that makes sense. People often strike up conversations about tv progs and I’d have nothing to say or I’d miss out on the breaking news of an alien invasion or something like that .
Its a hard call.“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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leeCal said:I feel the same way @fluffycat but I’d feel slightly cut off if that makes sense. People often strike up conversations about tv progs and I’d have nothing to say or I’d miss out on the breaking news of an alien invasion or something like that .
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I have never paid it nor will I ever I don't believe in the BBC after people whom it has employed and I don't watch live television. I wish they would abolish the licence altogether.
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66Mustang said:If you won’t miss watching it and don’t use iPlayer, I’d go ahead and cancel it. There is no point paying for something you don’t use! I’ve heard of lots of people doing the same in recent times.
Wish had done years ago. (thinking about it)
Can still get fix of non beeb on catch-up but spend time on gaming / films than just rolling tv (out of habit) -
Ross_Scope said:leeCal said:I feel the same way @fluffycat but I’d feel slightly cut off if that makes sense. People often strike up conversations about tv progs and I’d have nothing to say or I’d miss out on the breaking news of an alien invasion or something like that .
Its a hard call.
News is on catch-up upto an hour behind but snippets are on you tube for instance -
For £3 a week I personally think its good value, we listen to BBC local radio and senior management watches TV for a couple of hours most nights2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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How do they know if you watch TV without a licence?
Obviously they can use location/IP address for streaming, but for the normal aerial? -
OverlyAnxious said:How do they know if you watch TV without a licence?
Obviously they can use location/IP address for streaming, but for the normal aerial?
They don't believe people do other stuff with TV and do send red letters, emails and come round I've heard.
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OverlyAnxious said:How do they know if you watch TV without a licence?
Obviously they can use location/IP address for streaming, but for the normal aerial?2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
Ah yes, the old TV detector vans @woodbine!
I too often wondered if the tech that they were supposed to carry in the back to seek out licence-fee dodgers was the stuff of myth and legend. -
My TV has clothes draped over it!I've not bothered with a license, I only actually use the TV on the odd occasion that I hook up my iPad to it. Anyway, I thought terrestrial TV stopped being broadcast in 2012?
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I've never seen a detector van! Either before my time, or they didn't bother out in the stix where I used to live!
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That's because they don't exist and never have done it's all scare tactics to get you to pay they are basically sales men.
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