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With regards to the TV Licence, they claim that even if you don't have a television you must still pay if you own a laptop, PS3, Xbox360, ipad or a 3g mobile phone and the reason for this is that all these items are capable of receiving the BBC channels.
To be honest its all a load of rubbish, TV detector vans don't have the technology to detect, never have had, in the BBC's own words (which can be found on the T&C on the TV Licence website under freedom of infomation section 15) We rely on the public perception that the vans can be used at any time to catch evaders.This perception has built up since the first van was launched in 1952 and has been a cost effective method in dettering people from evading their licence fee.
The BBC state that to release infomation which relates to the number of detection devices and how often they are used will change the publics perception on there effectiveness. If the detterent effect is lost, the BBC believes that a significant number of people would decide not to pay their licence fee, knowing how the deployment and effectiveness of vans and other equiptment will effect the chances of success when trying to avoid detection.
Personally they've used the scare tactic and the majority of us fall for it. They even go on to mention that they use mainly white vans knowing that the vast majority of commercial vans are infact white, this as they say is so everytime we see a white van and were attempting to evade the licence fear we'll panic.
The truth is they use a company called Capita to arrange the collection of licence fee's and if they do turn up on your doorstep their usually in their own car, and you don't have to let them in, you don't even have to give your name. They will ask but you just politely say I'm not going to answer that and by law they cannot push any further with the questions as they are uninvited on your property.