FiOS TV expansion marches North
As we watch the lethargic MPEG-4 transition from the satellite providers, the HD programming horse race is heating up with FiOS television. Verizon already has 20% of the eligible consumers in Keller, Texas signed up and now they're moving the TV over fiber optic service into New York and Massachusetts. As Verizon builds out their fiber network, this type of television model has to take off for two reasons: price and available channels. You could summarize both of these combined into one reason: value. The current FiOS TV service through Verizon costs just under $45 a month and provides up to 180 channels, no less than 20 of them in high-def. Competing packages from cable and satellite typically cost more or offer less in the HD space.
