Re: [swinog] Is Billag the next one following this idea...?
Right it's seems really silly. What if you buy your pc in parts ? Maybe they will make a table with quota of % that your CPU or memory represents in the total fee :) H ? :) By the way, I don't pay Billag since iv'e told them 1) that my TV cannot be connected to an Antenna because the building where I live haven't any, and 2) that I my car radio has no antenna connected to, so in both cases, i'm not able to receive any media. I guess as long as they really have no clue about what they are doing, you could say something as : my tv runs only shell sessions, I have no GUI interface as windows or X, I have no sound card, so I'm not able to use any video / audio media on the internet. But still, the idea is really stupid. (right I was typing silly at the top of the answer, but I'm starting to wake up ... ;) My 2 coppers :) Steven Glogger wrote: ...at least the germans are paying less then billag is asking... but imho: it's pure idiotic to collect a fee for a pc... -steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roman Hochuli Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [swinog] Is Billag the next one following this idea...? Hey Guys Take a look at [1] (unfortunatly in german). The germans are planning to collect the GEZ-Fee (the same thing as we are referring as Billag Gebühren in Switzerland) for every internet capable PC (even for companies!). IMO they are crazy but don't tell our swiss counterpart of Rundfunk Bundesamt or they will pick up the idea as well... :-| [1] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/51982 -- Kind regards, Roman Hochuli Operations Manager Nexellent AG Saegereistrasse 29 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland Tel +41-44-5623040 Fax +41-44-5623041 X-NCC-RegID: ch.nexellent What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play. -- W.O.P.R., War Games ___ swinog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.init7.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog ___ swinog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.init7.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog -- -- [ PorCus le Nain ] [ [EMAIL PROTECTED]] [ http://www.porcus.ch ] ___ swinog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.init7.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
Re: [swinog] Is Billag the next one following this idea...?
but imho: it's pure idiotic to collect a fee for a pc... Not only that . . . they simply can't enforce it. And what's the value of a policy you can't enforce? They'll probably just generate another huge black market (as they do with the traditional radio broadcast fees). And beware: the fools won't be Billag, but the handful of honest cititzens who really do pay the fee. -- Dominik ___ swinog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.init7.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
Re: [swinog] Is Billag the next one following this idea...?
Hi What if you buy your pc in parts ? Maybe they will make a table with quota of % that your CPU or memory represents in the total fee :) H ? :) The emphasis is on _internet capable_ PC. So if you have internet connectivity at home I guess that qualifies you as someone who needs to pay the GEZ. Having a TV-Card or similar equipment _does not_ require you to pay the GEZ. This news has also been covered by /. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/10/09/1923216.shtml which links to a story on spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,322400,00.html Daniel ___ swinog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.init7.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
RE: [swinog] Is Billag the next one following this idea...?
...at least the germans are paying less then billag is asking... but imho: it's pure idiotic to collect a fee for a pc... -steven -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roman Hochuli Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 10:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [swinog] Is Billag the next one following this idea...? Hey Guys Take a look at [1] (unfortunatly in german). The germans are planning to collect the GEZ-Fee (the same thing as we are referring as Billag Gebühren in Switzerland) for every internet capable PC (even for companies!). IMO they are crazy but don't tell our swiss counterpart of Rundfunk Bundesamt or they will pick up the idea as well... :-| [1] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/51982 -- Kind regards, Roman Hochuli Operations Manager Nexellent AG Saegereistrasse 29 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland Tel +41-44-5623040 Fax +41-44-5623041 X-NCC-RegID: ch.nexellent What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play. -- W.O.P.R., War Games ___ swinog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.init7.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog ___ swinog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.init7.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
