Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!intelca!qantel!dual!ames!al From: al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: TV Lisence Message-ID: <831@ames.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 19:58:31 EST Article-I.D.: ames.831 Posted: Thu Feb 28 19:58:31 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 08:19:06 EST References: <326@abnji.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 8 > The BBC as a result > does not require commercials. Given a choice of paying $75/year (I beleive > the present fee for a colour TV is 56 pounds) or watching 16-20 minutes of > comercials/hour, I'd pay the money. If you don't like commercials you can always watch PBS - a functional equivalent of BBC. Of course, you also have 4-30 other channels to choose from here and none there ...