An old TV knocked out an entire village's broadband for 18 months
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cliffordcooley
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Mine knocks out my TV when I use it because the ROKU can only function on the 2.4 GHz band.
What made it even more confusing is that it passed the cell phone test so I don't really know why it does it. My router is just a few feet from it but when I move it to 4 ft. or more then it doesn't happen.
arrowflash
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Maybe they used one of those OTA HD digital-to-analog converter boxes for old TVs, never heard of those?
orbital
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I think some time ago they made it that you pay TV licencing fee no matter what, like if you have any type of electronic device (smartphone, tablet etc.) that could be used for any type of streaming content including YouTube. Otherwise it was designed to pay for the BBC but from what I read their extended ToS made it applicable that unless you do not have any type of device capable of watching media content, or you are exempt, you must pay for TV licence.
You do need a TV licence to watch broadcast TV or BBC iPlayer on any type of device, but you don't need a licence just to own the device or use it to watch YouTube etc. The way the rules are worded is not very helpful and clearly designed to worry people into buying a licence even if they don't really need one.
In the UK, you have to have a license for a TV set. They used to have a van that drove around detecting sets at addresses that had not paid the tax. So, he may have not paid tax on his old TV, or they may have revoked his license. If so, he IS obligated not to use his TV set. Ever.
TV Licence - GOV.UK
You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayerwww.gov.uk
Those TV Detector Vans were utter b*llox and actually never worked. They were just a deterrent to scare anyone without TV License to get one. #DefudTheBBC
stansfield
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Not quite the same at the moment but we are definitely heading in the same direction as the US.From what I know about the UK, they are not lawyer happy like we are in the US. Thus, please mind the gap.
CBTex
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In the UK, you have to have a license for a TV set. They used to have a van that drove around detecting sets at addresses that had not paid the tax. So, he may have not paid tax on his old TV, or they may have revoked his license. If so, he IS obligated not to use his TV set. Ever.
TV Licence - GOV.UK
You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer
You need a license to view information on radio waves someone else is pumping into your home whether you like it our not? Wow. That's nuts.
Do they still have to if they are not capturing any "over the air" signals? I remember we in India too had to pay the licence fees radios and TVs but in turn there were ZERO commercials or ads.In the UK, you have to have a license for a TV set. They used to have a van that drove around detecting sets at addresses that had not paid the tax. So, he may have not paid tax on his old TV, or they may have revoked his license. If so, he IS obligated not to use his TV set. Ever.
TV Licence - GOV.UK
You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer
Americans - straight to the lawyers! Maybe the rest of the village should sue the old couple for the loss? If they played their cards right they could get them evicted and a nice little windfall from the sale of their modest cottage...
Ben Myers
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Tell me how good FCC cerification is when I drive down the road listening to an AM radio station, and broadcast gets drowned out by massive static. Say what? Can't hear you!
hel0sn8
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Uncle Al said:
You would think that at least they might provide that poor fellow with a more modern TV in exchange for the old one .... after all, he wasn't legally bound to not use his TV if it was legally purchased .... in fact a good lawyer could make the case that the internet provider had failed to design a product that would be protected from such interference ....
LMAO! Er Yes. Just Yes. Just plain definitely a hard yes! And YES. The ISP are 100% responsible to protect their devices from interference.
You would think that at least they might provide that poor fellow with a more modern TV in exchange for the old one .... after all, he wasn't legally bound to not use his TV if it was legally purchased .... in fact a good lawyer could make the case that the internet provider had failed to design a product that would be protected from such interference ....
LMAO! Er Yes. Just Yes. Just plain definitely a hard yes! And YES. The ISP are 100% responsible to protect their devices from interference.
Rayneofpayne
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That is the certification, it doesn't cause interference and can receive it. Perhaps read those little labels they stick on everything as that is working as intended.
It doesn't matter how the TV channels are broadcasted - it's a question of whether or not it's live. So watching any TV channel or listening to any radio broadcast, regardless of the device or means of transmission, requires a licence.
If it's not live, then you don't need one - the sole exception being the BBC's online on-demand service.
I believe Germans are the strictest in this regard. In fact you can be penalised if you use certain specified equipment during certain hours of the day too.
Not when I read it, it wasn't. I'm glad they read my post and clarified the glaring omission.
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