I live in Maryland.
I got FIOS in 2008 after years of crappy service by comcast.
Their service is much better., Their equipment is better and more modern with less problems. I rarely had problems but when I did their service was better. Comcast runs coax cables to the house, Verizon ran fiber-optics.
Their service technicians are knowledgeable and professional in contrast to comcast,
During the years I had comcast their equipment was crap and their service was crappy. Many times they broke their own equipment on servives calls and left forcing me to setup yet another appointment. It painful to call them with problems
Comcast had no ground cable competition here for way too long.
I got FIOS soon after they ran their lines through the neighborhood. They are more expensive than comcast (I think) but a few bucks isnt worth being treated like crap.,
Also where I live weekly neighborhood outages for comcast were regular, typically Saturday night, Verizon hasn't yet,
I’m in Maryland, too.
I’m currently getting digital cable over Comcast’s coax. Well, I’d be getting it if it worked, which it hasn’t in a couple months. It’s time to cancel. If I can go a month without missing cable I don’t need it that much.
Fios Internet speed would be nice, too. Verozon DSL isn’t bad (I go back to dial-up with AOL), but it coul be a lot faster.
Thanks!