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[QUOTE=&quot;Chips, post: 74221, member: 5124&quot;]I think it depends on where you live.&nbsp; In some markets OTA appears to be growing.&nbsp; But here in the hills of southwestern New York, I don't believe that OTA is growing, perhaps when you get closer to Buffalo, or Rochester, not here.&nbsp; I have seen people who are completely computer illiterate, dropping paid TV and getting Netflix (more then one family), but not going to OTA.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is just my opinion, but I think in this area perhaps 85 to 90 percent of OTA customer went to a paid service when analog shutdown, in real numbers that maybe a small number.&nbsp; Here is why I believe that happen.This area was always served by Buffalo stations, in particular WGRZ Ch.2 now on 33, WIVB ch.4 now on 39 and WKBW now on 38.&nbsp; It was very easy to get a analog VHF station, you could live with snow and to be honest some OTA viewers got really good analog reception on those VHF channels.&nbsp; Then the change to DTV and UHF.&nbsp; Most people went out got a converter box, hook it up to their antenna and got nothing and then called a satellite provider.&nbsp; I know people who did that, some of it was the antenna was a VHF Yagi only, one family I help had a great analog picture and they were using a UHF-VHF antenna, but couldn't get the digital, I help them get a better UHF antenna and that worked, but most people just gave up.&nbsp; I have a friend who owns a business that installs for Dish Network, he got a lot of OTA customers when analog shutdown.&nbsp;&nbsp; That said I am about 50 miles from the transmitters and had to really work at getting those 3 stations, most people are not willing to put that much effort into it.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Chips, post: 74221, member: 5124"]I think it depends on where you live. In some markets OTA appears to be growing. But here in the hills of southwestern New York, I don't believe that OTA is growing, perhaps when you get closer to Buffalo, or Rochester, not here. I have seen people who are completely computer illiterate, dropping paid TV and getting Netflix (more then one family), but not going to OTA. This is just my opinion, but I think in this area perhaps 85 to 90 percent of OTA customer went to a paid service when analog shutdown, in real numbers that maybe a small number. Here is why I believe that happen. This area was always served by Buffalo stations, in particular WGRZ Ch.2 now on 33, WIVB ch.4 now on 39 and WKBW now on 38. It was very easy to get a analog VHF station, you could live with snow and to be honest some OTA viewers got really good analog reception on those VHF channels. Then the change to DTV and UHF. Most people went out got a converter box, hook it up to their antenna and got nothing and then called a satellite provider. I know people who did that, some of it was the antenna was a VHF Yagi only, one family I help had a great analog picture and they were using a UHF-VHF antenna, but couldn't get the digital, I help them get a better UHF antenna and that worked, but most people just gave up. I have a friend who owns a business that installs for Dish Network, he got a lot of OTA customers when analog shutdown. That said I am about 50 miles from the transmitters and had to really work at getting those 3 stations, most people are not willing to put that much effort into it.[/QUOTE]

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