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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
In Switzerland there are two related fees.
One is the fee everyone who has to pay who owns a device that could _potentially_ receive radio or TV broadcasts. It's paid to the Swiss Federal Communication Office (German: BAKOM; (BAKOM). So even if you don't want their programs or listen to their radio, if you own a TV, you will have to pay. And it isn't cheap. Radio is ~ 170 USD / yr and TV is ~ 300 USD / yr.
For cable services to receive private TV stations, I pay a relative modest ~ 10 USD / month.
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That sounds remarkably like the BBC licence fee, but a bit more expensive. We used to have a radio licence, but it was done away with a long time ago. We do still have the option of a Black & White TV licence, if your receiving equipment is only monochrome at around £45 ($70). But I have no idea how many households have that.
The BBC licence fee is indeed a per-household fee, not a per-person fee.