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Originally Posted by Millay
The BBC's internatonal ventures are great for ex pats all over the world, where a nation of travellers have inhabited many parts of the world, and I love the fact that no matter where I am in the world, I can get a little of the BBC.
£10 a month for all the output, come on now, who can honestly hold there hands up and say they do not use and like the services they offer. Web Radio and TV. I don't buy a newspaper, i read my news on the bbc website. so £10 a month compared to the cost of a newspaper is good in my opinion. I don't subscribe to sky but do have the box so having bbc news 24 and channels three and 4 make great sense to me, less the cost of a sky access pacakge at £9.99 a month so im starting to make some real savings here.
I think some people forget how much the BBC is all around them and take its services for granted and just think they are paying £120 a year for two tv channels....
Hey I dunno, i somehow think people would be much more vocal if the BBC where to be split up and advert funded.
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Dont really browse bbc webby or listen to their web radio, bareley watch any bbc tv at all and havnt done for years, ex pats pay no licence, why is my family paying for them and others here in the UK who do watch bbc ? purely because we have the facility to watch summat we dont really want 98% of the time. Iv asked cable to chop bbc so we cant recieve them but they cant because they are not allowed. TV licence fee is just tax or if you want to look at it in a more sinister way it is really extortion, got a tv pay the tax, dont pay the tax we will put you in court and you pay the fine.