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Originally Posted by Nedusa
So the licence fee in its present form will finally go as, to be honest since the law changed recently it is not a criminal offence not to have one merely a civil offence. So not having one would not now leave people facing possible prison sentences as before.
This is why the licence is being scrapped as it is unenforcable in its present form. So what to do......I know put a tariff on everyone so everyone pays a small amount to keep the BBC afloat regardless if they have a TV or even watch TV.
How can this be a fairer system ? Everyone pays for a service not everyone uses.
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It's also a bit confusing when it says "every household" - what does that mean? What about owned houses that are unoccupied? How will it be gathered? Part of council tax? But that goes straight to local council. A completely separate bill? Seems cumbersome. It's also no more fair than the TV license ever was... Single people with one TV pay the same as a family of 5 with three teenagers, 4 televisions, and probably at least one on 24/7.
I personally think a fully subscription based service is the way to go. No free to air TV at all - if you want BBC channels, you pay a BBC subscription to unlock them. Don't want to pay, or just don't want the channels, then you don't get the channels. Simple, elegant, and absolutely NO reason that it can't be implemented now that the digital switch is complete.