Contemplating going wireless…

So, currently I get Internet and television from Charter. We’re on the most basic television plan, which really meets our minimal TV-viewing desires. However, Charter only has the digital signals from a few local channels, and for those that it does have, they’re additionally compressed and have the PSIP data stripped out. (Possibly some of that is in violation of FCC rules, or will be in violation starting in Feb. 2009. But I’m not sure, and I don’t think Charter cares.)

So, despite that fact that wired technology is inherently more reliable than wireless, it appears that if I put up a really big antenna (keep in mind that I’m far from Boston/Providence/Springfield/Hartford, so it’d need to be a really big antenna), I would get better TV service than I currently have. And, I just don’t expect Charter to get any better.

So, I’ve been looking into it, and am now seriously contemplating working on mounting a really big antenna for TV service. Presumably, the initial cost would end up paying for itself eventually because I could stop the Charter TV service.

So, (1) am I crazy, and (2) could anybody recommend a reputable TV antenna installation service? (I may try to install it myself, but I’m not sure I really want to go that route.)