Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Jeff Liebermann wrote:
The reason that everyone did not have a universal TV set was because
the price was kept lower with single system sets and countries like the
UK, which made a substansial income from the TV license did not want
you watching tv from France or the Republic of Ireland for free.

I ran into something like that when I "visited" Israel in the early
1970's.

The UK isn't Israel.

Actually compared to the 1970s Israel is nothing like it was in the 1970s,
although it looks like the current UK government is trying to recreate
them.

Geoff.

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