FiOS has the bandwidth advantage, compared to any of the other providers, including DTV. more bandwidth means less compression and a better looking picture, especially the HD content. also, FiOS doesn’t suffer from bad weather (as DTV does) and allows for on-demand type features. DTV has hinted that on-demand is coming but it will be a while. Verizon has been very aggressive in their deployment of their FiOS offerings, and most people i’ve met, seem pretty excited about switching to it, when available.

which has better qwuality directv or fios

Barney: Let us know how the FiOS is. I live not too far from you… I am thinking of switching as well. Getting sick of our web service.

“hundreds” of hd OTA (over the air) channels? i think not., at least not in one location. if you are lucky enough to live within a tower or two, you’ll pick up some. i live in a large metro area (boston) and get 4-5 with a medium sized directional antenna. i could mount a larger omni-directional antenna (over the wife’s dead body) and get a couple more, but certainly not hundreds. DirecTV says kinda the same thing about all their HD channels -150 i think they claim. however, that’s total, across the country. Many (most?) are local channels only and you must live in that region to recieve.

now, the OTA channels i do get are awesome - better quality than DirecTV or any cable i’ve had. completely uncompressed and best of all, free (other than the hardware). btw, i currently have DirecTV but will be switching to FIOS in a week or so, as soon as i put in the call (already have FIOS for internet).

lastly, if you want to get an idea of what OTA channels are available to you and what type of antenna you should use for your location, check out [url=http://www.antennaweb.org]http://www.antennaweb.org[/url] - a great free site.

Over-the-Air stations already have hundreds and hundreds of HDTV channels.

All you need is an antenna. No other money is involved.