Hey Cyn, welcome to the northeast officially.... where we get stuff 1.5 years before they get it elsewhere heh
FIOS is being rolled out by Verizon. It's fiber-optic (pulses of light over fiber cables rather than old-skool signals over copper wire." Verizon is spending a ton of money on the project and plans to have it out nationwide within a year and a half. You can read an excellent article about
The Evolving Surfer in the December edition of XBIZ magazine that goes into some detail about FIOS and Verizon's massive investment in it. The article starts on page 1 in the lower left hand corner. I *cough* wrote it! *cough* *cough*
Digital copies can be found here:
http://www.xbizworld.com/digital/online/