Disclaimer: I do NOT work for and am not associated with FIOS to any capacity.
If you have FIOS in your area, don't even hesitate for one second. I have friends whom are SO happy to have ditched Time Warner, Cable Vision because of several reasons:
1. TV- Tired of choppy freezing garbled playback ? You know.. the kind that makes a person sound like their voice is being chopped up by a digital processor ? No issues with this on FIOS
2. Want an actual intuitive and FEATURE packed media experience with your TV and remote setup ? We are all familiar with the totally lack luster setup we get with cable boxes from ANY cable network. FIOS introduces a totally new type of GUI that is intuitive and feature rich. You'd have to see it to know what I'm saying.
3. Tired of re-booting your cable modem all the time ? Tired of having a cruddy wif-fi connection with your cable connection ? The FIOS guys will work with you in your house to set up the most efficient install for YOU. You can even opt to have two separate lines (a bit more $) so that you have dedicated bandwidth for data.
The speed, clarity and overall interface of the FIOS package just craps ALL over any of the cable or satellite co's out there from what I've seen. And you know what, I'm really happy that Verizon is doing this because the cable companies have pretty much held their customers hostage with cruddy service all around, and could never be held accountable. Maybe this will finally force them to get their acts together.
By the way, I actually used to work for Time Warner and don't have anything bad to say about them, personally. I've had their service for years and honestly never really had much to complain about except for what you kind of get used to and what you come to expect with cable. But when you see how different things are with FIOS, you're like.. ."***.. really?"
Again, I don't work for Verizon/FIOS. I'm just a witness giving an honest opinion from personal experience.
Doug