On 08/12/2015 01:23 PM, Brian wrote: /snip/
I suffer from them, I haven't had a tv since 1971, and they can't let go, Unless you have typed and sent your mail from a friend's computer, you do. [Snip]The care alone, even were there no societal cost, costs several orders of magnitude more money than the £145.50 cost of a TV licence. The trial alone, too, will have cost more than that! Then there is the cost of keeping her in prison.
/snip/I'm curious. Do you have to pay that sum for each TV receiver, or is it a balnket license per house?
Also there is a reference to a computer--does a computer count as a TV? I assume that the license is renewed annually? --doug in free-TV America
Incidentally. The tale you quoted and replied to is based on "When she goes to prison for non-payment of her licence....". This cannot happen. The maximum penalty is a fine.