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Re:25M Brits would struggle in a cashless society by frosted-flakes on Saturday March 16, 2019 @12:08PM (#19408477)
I take that to mean that the UK is not switching to e-billing for utilities any time soon.
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Re:25M Brits would struggle in a cashless society by pjc50 on Saturday March 16, 2019 @01:36PM (#19409026)
Oh, it mostly already has.

The punchline is whether a printout of a PDF of something that never had a print original counts as an "original" for ID purposes in a completely adhoc adversarial system. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

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Re:25M Brits would struggle in a cashless society by dan1234 on Saturday March 16, 2019 @02:50PM (#19409455)
We’re already there; I think the only paper bill I’ve received in the last 3 years has been my council tax bill, and that’s only because I’ve never been offered an e-billing option.
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