Reply #49: Does the annual BBC "tax" cost more than DirectTV? [View All]

[BiggJawn]

I have read that the license fee is around US$190.
Now, you CAN get DirectTV for about $40 a month, but most subscribers want MORE, so figure the "De-Lux" package for maybe $55 a month (how should *I* know? I don't even have Basic Cable!)
So that comes out to $660 a year.
And consider what Cable TV costs. $47 a month here(basic). That's $564 a year. You could license 3 colour tellies in the UK for that price...

And I know people who have digital cable and buy everything the cable company offers: hundreds of channels, pay-per-view movies, DSL internet, VOIP telephone, and they pay around $170 a month, or 2 kilobux a year (crazy!)

So I agree, it *IS* a waste of time to compare US v. UK costs of housekeeping...

BTW, my out-of pocket "employee contribution" for health insurance runs me $53 a month, and my non-covered share of the maintenance medications is over $70 a MONTH.
and it cost me $20 for a 15-minute visit wiht my doctor, who's under the gun from my HMO to crank out 4 patients an hour.

And people in the UK think the NHS is SO bad.....:)