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Originally Posted by AndyCambs
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!
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The Freeview signal is weak in some areas because if it were stronger it would interfere with the analogue signal. It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg scenario. But when your local analogue signal is switched off, they will immediately boost the digital one and your elderly neighbour's reception problems should disappear.