[Rich]

Here in southern NH I have what was originally Verizion FIOS, but is now FairPoint (whatever they call it, which may be called FAST instead of FIOS).

It works great for phone and internet! But they can't offer TV, and in fact, they will try to get you to sign up for DirectTV for TV service.

Unfortunately I can't get Satelite TV at my home due to the terrain blocking the signals, so I'm stuck with Comcast for TV.

When we were without power for two weeks during some major winter storms in the past, I still had phone and internet (I have a generator at home). But Comcast lost TV.

All of my neighbors that had Comcast phone, internet and TV lost all of their services after a couple of days during those storms (yes, even those with a generator).

But my fiber optic phone and internet continued to work as long as my generator was running. Unfortunately my Comcast went down, so having a generator doesn't help you past the first few days with Comcast..

I sure love the fiber optic (FIOS), features speed and realiability. I sure wish FairPoint could enhance the system to TV too, but I'm guessing they never will.