FiOS is coming! FiOS is coming!

When we moved into Ridgefield, we were told that there was no plan to bring FiOS in to the complex, and while that wasn't a deal breaker it was definitely a bummer, because Time Warner really sucks around here. Channels go black or completely scrambled for no reason whatsoever, sometimes they come back in a few minutes, some take a day or two, and some (like Universal HD) have never shown a single frame. And that's not the same as what happens when a channel isn't in my cable package; that message comes through just fine. These are channels I'm supposed to get (or as some might say, channels I am paying for) and I can't watch them. But I digress.

A couple days ago, some weird lumpy green box showed up on the front lawn. Then, yesterday when Nina showed up to Sci-Fi Night, she told me some truck that said "something communications" on the side showed up and they buried it next to our apartment. I of course ran over to it the minute we got home and looked for any markings. And it had a Verizon logo. So this morning I called the management office and asked if they knew what Verizon was burying (they do regular phone lines and stuff here too), and she said it was the start of "a full upgrade to FiOS for the complex." Yaht-freakin-zee.

Sean has pointed out that it could still be six months before they actually flip the switch and let people sign up, which of course is an unfortunate truth, but waiting for FiOS is a million times better than just wishing for it. Looking at the pricing quick, it looks like the monthly cost will be just about the same as with Time Warner, only the internet will be way faster and I think my channel lineup will be a little better. They do charge a monthly fee for the HD box, but the base package is pretty cheap so it should be fine.