ntenna wired to their TVs. The antenna can be installed on their roof or the outside of their home. Subscribers close enough to broadcasting towers are able to use indoor antennas to receive over the air TV broadcasts. The escalating subscription fees combined with the many interruptions for commercials on cable TV has motivated many subscribers to "cut the cord" and rely only on over the top (OTT) streaming media from Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and others. According to Nielson, by the first quarter of 2017, 123.6 million people in the United States subscribed to OTT streaming TV from Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and others. Others subscribe to fewer cable TV stations. They "slim down" their cable TV bundle by subscribing to fewer cable TV stations. These slimmed down cable TV packages are referred to as skinny bundles. Many subscribers pay for an OTT subscription in addition to their slimmed down or full cable TV subscriptions. Traditional telephone companies including AT&T and CenturyLink are encroaching on cable MSOs by offering subscriptions to their movie and TV programming, IP www.TechnicalPDF.com voice telephony, and broadband over their copper or fiber infrastructure. Verizon currently has the most territory in the United States where they offer service bundles over fiber. They carry IP voice, television, and Internet broadband transmissions over their fiber to homes. AT&T and most other telephone companies compete with MSOs by offering triple play services: voice, data, and TV programs. They build out fiber to the closest neighborhood node (equipment cabinet), and use copper for the last few hundred feet in areas where they don't provide fiber directly to homes. Satellite TV Satellite TV operators offer bundles with both streaming TV and national broadcast stations. Dish and AT&T's DirecTV are the only satellite TV providers in the United States. Satellite TV is particularly popular in rural areas where fiber to homes is not available. Satellite TV is important in rural areas in the United States, particularly whe