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Originally Posted by carlingman
Well I think older folks better get used to it as it is going to happen and our very own culture secretary on the news tonight stated they will be raising the licence fee so we can shell out more to pay for the over 75s to get it for nothing.
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I think that's quite likely.
We pay a television licence fee - we're now asked to pay for another decoder to receive the television programmes. It's not just simply a case of buying a Freeview box at £40 as advised by the culture secretary - at the best it would mean a new aerial to most. That is, if you are able to receive the Freeview channels. In my area, the channels are not good in transmission, and one elderly friend has problems with a tree outside his property which during the summer causes him to lose channels 3 and 4 regularly. The other channels are very pixelated.
So basically it would be FreeSky or the satellite version of Freeview in this area (or conventional Sky or cable of course) but all that means additional cost.
A tax on middle England? Yup!
Squeeze till you hear the pips squeak!