Can't comment on Comcast since it isn't offered in our area, but our community was the first in the nation to get residential FIOS service.

I finally caved in to Verizon's aggresive marketing campaign, and since I already have their land-line service, I opted to get the internet service. I went for the cable service a year later.

The only caveat here is that subcontractors link your house to the fiber in the easement. I've heard some horros stories about severed water lines, etc., but my connection was practically invisible. They even replaced my old phone utility box with an upgraded one.

If your house is already network wired, things go pretty smoothly. I had cat5 runs done during home construction, so it was a breeze for the installer to set up the router.

They provide regular cable boxes for standard sets and HD boxes for your HD-compatible units...they connect high-quality component video cables to your sets. The TV signal is routed from the fiber to an ethernet to coax converter box they intall at the base, then that feeds all of your coax connections around your home.

1080i HD signals are so awesome, it's hard to sit through regular 480p programming anymore.

The best thing is that I have rarely experienced downtime with either the cable or internet feeds to the house. I highly recommend FIOS.

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