A bundled communications (Internet, telephone, and TV) service, operating over a fiber-optic communications network, that is presently offered in some areas of the United States by Verizon. Verizon has attracted consumer and media attention in the area of broadband Internet access as the first major U.S. carrier to offer fiber to the home/premises. Other service providers currently only use fiber optics deployment to the network backbone and use existing copper or coax infrastructure for the end user. The coverage area is still expanding; however, some areas do not have service or cannot receive TV and phone service due to franchise agreements.
In my town we are bombarded constantly by commercial where a poor red headed bearded cable guy is frustrated by the Verizon FIOS guy with every turn he takes. Whether it is the package that his company is offering or the quality of the television reception, he is a loser all around. In just about every commercial, the cable guy is so totally defeated that he resorts to all kinds of childish pranks such as pushing all the buttons in an elevator or breaking into the Verizon guy's apartment … more