> I'm at work so I can't check at the moment, but ISTR that my > telly licence has a unique reference number with it.
This is going back a few years (say about 3-4). I used to buy my license from the old Post Office, and those didn't have a unique number on them. The ones you get sent by TV Licensing do. > The Beeb can use concurrency > checking to make sure that 3000 people all over the UK aren't > simultaneously using the same licence number (but you'd need > to allow some > concurrency to allow for multiple sets and family members in the same > house using it, possible mobile). Assuming they can find their TV license - I think mine is burried in a box file somewhere in my spare bedroom :) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
