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Old 02-05-2023, 14:03   #1950
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
The higher figure is coverage. The lower figure is the number of households who actually subscribe. And yes, in 10 years time I still think there will be people who don’t subscribe to internet services for whatever reason they please.
Maybe so, jfman, but if they want to watch TV, then they will have to when the transmitters are taken over for 5G mobile.

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The higher figure is coverage. The lower figure is the number of households who actually subscribe. And yes, in 10 years time I still think there will be people who don’t subscribe to internet services for whatever reason they please.



I’m a bloke on the internet. You’ll find the markets put obstacles in place, cold hard self preservation motivated capitalists.



There’s no magic money tree, OB. For a cause that’s neither necessary nor desirable. Unless you are proposing the Government gives away free internet to people who just want it for TV? Sounds like communism to me.
I find that it’s the government, quangos like Ofcom, protest groups and people on this forum that put obstacles in the way. Business generally finds a way around the problems.

You may be unaware of this, but the government has been considering providing a basic internet service free of charge to at least some of the population. I have no doubt that they will also provide assistance to people who do not have smart TVs. If that happens, and I’m sure it will, the problem of cost to poorer households is resolved.
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