> It's incomprehensible to me, but most people seem to care more about television viewing options than broadband. I'm also in DC area and live in a house where

> It's incomprehensible to me, but most people seem to care more about television viewing options than broadband. I'm also in DC area and live in a house where the previous owners had Fios. We have Comcast and we are happy with it. I get over 200 megabits down, only about 12 megabits up. I know Fios can get us faster uplink speed. But I don't care. This uplink is fast enough. I seldom upload much of anything. I remember when my uplink was 1.5 megabits years ago, and I was happy with that, so I'm not going to get Fios just to get more speed I don't need. The Comcast X1 box is excellent and it's the first time I've had a cable box that is even decent. The voice command is great. One night I hit the mic button and said "Saturday Night Fever" and seconds later we were watching the movie. Maybe Fios has a box that is as good. I have no idea. But their marketing gives me no reason to believe they have a box that is as good, so I have no reason to switch. When both have Internet that is more than good enough for me, things like a box are going to make all the difference. The simple fact is that cable Internet is more than good enough for most people, so they are not going to switch to get some uplink speed or some faster ping. My neighbor has Fios and asked me about how happy I am with Comcast and said he is considering getting Comcast. Clearly Fios is not offering something so amazing that people would not consider leaving.