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  1. its been fun thanks :)

    its been fun thanks :) ♬♬Badum-tish! ♬♬
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    IMHO All the tv/broadband providers are a cartel priced to rip off Uk customers, our prices compared to most of Europe means shows we pay through the nose for the watching live sports/tv etc ... when we lived in Eastern Europe tv/broadband services was cheap as chips -we moved back to blighty 10 years ago- I begrudged paying their (for Sky, Cable tv) exorbitant prices , - I found that investing in satellite tv cams/cards share (tv piracy basically) saved me shed loads of money (plus it kept my missus happy that she could watch programs from her own country) these cheaper systems are still available its what a lot of uk pubs are using nowadays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_sharing)
     
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  2. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Cheers mate, I'll look at that <ok>

    I have a mate, in Spain, who gets every Sky channel in the world for £30 a month but had to buy a box for £300.

    That sounds possible, then I'd need a phone line and internet.
     
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  3. its been fun thanks :)

    its been fun thanks :) ♬♬Badum-tish! ♬♬
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    indeed mate in the long run you'll save money if you follow your mates example <whistle>
     
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    its been fun thanks :), Feb 9, 2014
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    A veritable buffet

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    No fish from Hull.
     
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  7. bonnybobbypark

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    Poor network

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  8. Smug in Boots

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    <laugh>

    Brilliant mate.
     
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    Have a look at BT packages for broadband and phone, free Sky access is often thrown in as a sweetener.
     
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  10. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Really?

    As I said I have no idea about all this stuff and I need mobile contracts and all sorts of other things.

    Do they still have TV licences?

    It'll be like emigrating to Venezuela <doh>
     
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  11. bonnybobbypark

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    Yes Smud. We still have TV licenses.

    We also have colour tv, MacDonalds and filtered cigarettes.

    Hope this helps!

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    Smud

    There's your new name!

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  13. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Thanks Booby <ok>

    I thought all TV had gone digical or summat and mebbe's didn't need licences ............ is there still a choice of black & white or colour?
     
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    The EU Commission brigade banned them sorry.
     
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    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    Have a look at this mate and let me know what you think http://www.netdream.tv/

    It's only a few miles from me so I can pop round.
     
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  16. its been fun thanks :)

    its been fun thanks :) ♬♬Badum-tish! ♬♬
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    you don't need a licence ... unless you watch BBC (or tv) live broadcast
     
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    Smuginmansfield?? Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.....
     
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    ****ing ****e isn't it <doh>

    I think I'll just make a clean break and stop posting altogether .........
     
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    You could always be smuginhull. <laugh>
     
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  20. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    I'd rather be Smug-interred than live among the potato people <laugh>
     
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