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View Stuk's Profile Stuk Flag Top half 26 Jan 18 2.11pm Send a Private Message to Stuk Add Stuk as a friend

Originally posted by martin2412

What gets my goat is paying the BBC licence fee for their programmes, then paying Sky for repeating them time and time again. Only Fools and Horses has been flogged to death (excuse the double pun).

Which aren't on Sky channels and you don't need Sky to watch them. They're on UK TV channels, which are 50% BBC owned.

 


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View Stuk's Profile Stuk Flag Top half 26 Jan 18 2.13pm Send a Private Message to Stuk Add Stuk as a friend

Originally posted by kenners46

Does Sky Q not need a satellite dish then ?

It does now, it won't within a year ish.

 


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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 26 Jan 18 2.19pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Buy the best freeview solution you can afford and just have the fastest Internet you can get.

The monthly subscriptions.....essentially too high because...amongst other things you are paying for the over priced wages of top bracket sports stars and its supporting industry....it doesn't amount to a good deal.

I have a Humax FVP-5000T 2Tb and if I want to watch sport or movies.....lets just say there are many possible solutions.

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View kenners46's Profile kenners46 Flag sydenham village 26 Jan 18 5.43pm Send a Private Message to kenners46 Add kenners46 as a friend

Originally posted by Stuk

It does now, it won't within a year ish.

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 26 Jan 18 6.03pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

I recall the days when I had Cable Television - I really cannot remember if Satellite dishes were around at that time.

On a Friday night on Cable TV there used to be a Palace program and I think Terry Byfield was on it - long time ago and I am 66 this year so my memory might be playing tricks ! What I do recall is Pete King who used to be in the Publications Department at the club - each week he was asked for a prediction and no matter who we were playing it was always "Three points" !

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pefwin Flag Where you have to have an English ... 26 Jan 18 6.29pm

Originally posted by Willo

I recall the days when I had Cable Television - I really cannot remember if Satelite dishes were around at that time.

On a Friday night on Cable TV there used to be a Palace program and I think Terry Byfield was on it - long time ago and I am 66 this year so my memory might be playing tricks ! What I do recall is Pete King who used to be in the Publications Department at the club - each week he was asked for a prediction and no matter who we were playing it was always "Three points" !

That was Croydon cable then Telewest's local channel, didn't the guy who sometimes does touring cars on ITV interview him?

Other channels included the weather channel and the landscape channel.

 


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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 26 Jan 18 6.34pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by pefwin

That was Croydon cable then Telewest's local channel, didn't the guy who sometimes does touring cars on ITV interview him?

Other channels included the weather channel and the landscape channel.

There was a chap called 'Stuart Miles' who progressed from this Cable TV to National TV - I have a feeling he became a 'Blue Peter' presenter.

Regards Pete King I think he was one of those made redundant on account of Administration and retired to somewhere in Kent.

 

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View martin2412's Profile martin2412 Flag Living The Dream 26 Jan 18 10.25pm Send a Private Message to martin2412 Add martin2412 as a friend

Originally posted by Stuk

Which aren't on Sky channels and you don't need Sky to watch them. They're on UK TV channels, which are 50% BBC owned.

So the BBC are buying into channels using public money and receiving money from advertising then.

 

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View Harpo's Profile Harpo Flag Oxfordshire 30 Jan 18 1.16pm Send a Private Message to Harpo Add Harpo as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

I think in the near future you will not even use a landline. I expect that mobile communication is progressing to the point it will eliminate it.

I got rid of my landline in July '15. It's one of the best moves I've ever made.

All my WiFi is delivered by a credit card sized 4G router. And when I travel, it comes with me. Brilliant.

 

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 30 Jan 18 1.24pm Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by Harpo

I got rid of my landline in July '15. It's one of the best moves I've ever made.

All my WiFi is delivered by a credit card sized 4G router. And when I travel, it comes with me. Brilliant.

Just out of interest do you know what speed you normally get? are you capped on usage? and if I may really be nosy how much does it cost monthly? I am asking as my BT deal is up in March.

I pay £60pm for BT:
- TV (no sport or films)
- Landline phone which I hardly use
- Mobile phone.
- Unlimited broadband at 75Mbs (I don't need that speed 10Mbs would be fine)

 


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View mr. apollo's Profile mr. apollo Flag Somewhere in Switzerland 05 Feb 18 1.27pm Send a Private Message to mr. apollo Add mr. apollo as a friend

...is called a LNB

 



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View paperhat's Profile paperhat Flag croydon 06 Feb 18 1.20pm Send a Private Message to paperhat Add paperhat as a friend

Originally posted by pefwin

That was Croydon cable then Telewest's local channel, didn't the guy who sometimes does touring cars on ITV interview him?

Other channels included the weather channel and the landscape channel.

that was the singular most amatuerish programme ever on air, absolutely hilarious. Had Debbie someone on it for a while, she then went to the heady heights of QVC....back in the day of the BskyB squarial too lol

 


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