The TV licencing site says:
"You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV.
If you use a digital box with a hi-fi system or another device that can only be used to produce sounds and can't display TV programmes, and you don't install or use any other TV receiving equipment, you don't need a TV Licence."
So if you do have a computer you still need to pay out. In fact I think the whole iPlayer is just an excuse to make sure the BBC is on the net so there is no getting around paying for a licence.
This is complete rubbish.
If I watch no TV or I watch TV for 24 hours a day I pay the same amount.
I do think the internet is more like TV than comparing it to a resource (water) that you can run out of and have a drought.
The problem is ISPs don't want to charge realistic rates because then less people will use it which, imo, might be a good thing.
To be fair if you research things a bit it's not all that bad if you don't heavily abuse it.
I'm with BT and have their middle package (ie not unlimited) and after talking to the sales guy he admitted that BT rarely enforces the gb per month limit (which annoys me I didn't get the cheapest package) and he's right.
I regularly go over my limit downloading TV shows and music. However I don't run Bit Torrent 24 hours a day all month either.
They probably only care if you look like a total warez monkey which, if that's your case, avoid them but otherwise it's excellent for it's per month capacity.
My only complaint is my so called 8mb broadband, at best, can be 6 but is often 2 to 4.
Oakridge Land is a road and not a private drive.
As far as their fears of stalking.
A) Why turn to asking for money rather than asking for it to be removed?
B)Their home has always been online through hundreds of mapping sites. Yes Street view is in finer detail but it won't actually help you gain any further info of any real use.
Goldenbrook Lane is likely also a public road and they could have stopped earlier but big deal. You can find out a lot more information that's of use about someone's house than those pics.
The fact they've made a fuss about it has made it more likely they they'll be a target of something.
Charlton Heston has done nothing bad to anyone. In fact he received shit from pro-gun people for defending the anti-gun people's right to spout crap. Rarely do you ever find someone so fair and balanced.
Yet, on the the news of his death most anti-gun people show their true selves and the fact is they're backwards little intolerant people. They're not better than the likes of Fred Phelps.
Some of their hate comes from Michael Moore's shitty little movie and it's because they don't realise Moore twists things heavily and has been caught lying out right in his "documentary". This is because they are too simple to seek out the truth and rather live in a world of lies that supports their backwards beliefs.
Thankfully these people will never have the respect and good life that Charlton Heston had and may each and everyone of them die from brain cancer.
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The TV licencing site says: "You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV. If you use a digital box with a hi-fi system or another device that can only be used to produce sounds and can't display TV programmes, and you don't install or use any other TV receiving equipment, you don't need a TV Licence." So if you do have a computer you still need to pay out. In fact I think the whole iPlayer is just an excuse to make sure the BBC is on the net so there is no getting around paying for a licence.
Yeah because New York's local economy is in the shit compared to the rest of the US. I sympathise with those poor new yorkers.
This is complete rubbish. If I watch no TV or I watch TV for 24 hours a day I pay the same amount. I do think the internet is more like TV than comparing it to a resource (water) that you can run out of and have a drought. The problem is ISPs don't want to charge realistic rates because then less people will use it which, imo, might be a good thing.
To be fair if you research things a bit it's not all that bad if you don't heavily abuse it. I'm with BT and have their middle package (ie not unlimited) and after talking to the sales guy he admitted that BT rarely enforces the gb per month limit (which annoys me I didn't get the cheapest package) and he's right. I regularly go over my limit downloading TV shows and music. However I don't run Bit Torrent 24 hours a day all month either. They probably only care if you look like a total warez monkey which, if that's your case, avoid them but otherwise it's excellent for it's per month capacity. My only complaint is my so called 8mb broadband, at best, can be 6 but is often 2 to 4.
Oakridge Land is a road and not a private drive. As far as their fears of stalking. A) Why turn to asking for money rather than asking for it to be removed? B)Their home has always been online through hundreds of mapping sites. Yes Street view is in finer detail but it won't actually help you gain any further info of any real use. Goldenbrook Lane is likely also a public road and they could have stopped earlier but big deal. You can find out a lot more information that's of use about someone's house than those pics. The fact they've made a fuss about it has made it more likely they they'll be a target of something.
Charlton Heston has done nothing bad to anyone. In fact he received shit from pro-gun people for defending the anti-gun people's right to spout crap. Rarely do you ever find someone so fair and balanced. Yet, on the the news of his death most anti-gun people show their true selves and the fact is they're backwards little intolerant people. They're not better than the likes of Fred Phelps. Some of their hate comes from Michael Moore's shitty little movie and it's because they don't realise Moore twists things heavily and has been caught lying out right in his "documentary". This is because they are too simple to seek out the truth and rather live in a world of lies that supports their backwards beliefs. Thankfully these people will never have the respect and good life that Charlton Heston had and may each and everyone of them die from brain cancer.