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Topic	Is there a good argument on why Internet access shouldn't be free for everyone?
Balrog0 05/23/18 5:53:43 PM #27:	16-BITTER posted... Balrog0 posted... 16-BITTER posted... if they had a way to force you to pay for it they would implement it; remember the BBC tries to do exactly this. I think your example shows the opposite of what you want it to. We could easily charge people for broadcast TV, we just chose not to... How does one prove that your TV was used to receive broadcast signal or if it's just a slave to a DVD player or gaming console? They can't charge you for a service if you aren't using it, but they also can't prove if you are using it. in the UK they essentially audit people --- It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues . . . allow them a language as lousy as their lives <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:901867016] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>16-BITTER posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>16-BITTER posted...</cite> <quote>if they had a way to force you to pay for it they would implement it; remember the BBC tries to do exactly this. </quote> I think your example shows the opposite of what you want it to. We could easily charge people for broadcast TV, we just chose not to...</quote> How does one prove that your TV was used to receive broadcast signal or if it's just a slave to a DVD player or gaming console? They can't charge you for a service if you aren't using it, but they also can't prove if you are using it.</quote> in the UK they essentially audit people --- It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues . . . allow them a language as lousy as their lives</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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