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If you are currently a cable TV customer, maybe you have been tempted to switch over to a satellite TV provider like DirecTV. Maybe you have hesitated though, thinking that satellite service is unreliable, or that the discounts available don’t stack up with your cable bundle. The other alternative in many areas is a new service called Verizon Fios. Are you making the right choice by choosing a Direct TV bundle or Verizon Fios instead of staying with Comcast or Time Warner?

You might be surprised to find out that Direct TV and Verizon Fios offer just as much content as cable.  A bas e package like the Choice package will give you 150 plus channels right off the bat. This package is priced in line with a basic cable package that you might purchase from Time Warner or Brighthouse. You will find over 100 video channels, and around 50 audio channels here and the regular price is around $55 per month.

Verizon Fios offers their TV Essentials bundle for about $50 a month. Naturally they want you to purchase other services as well. High speed internet and home phone service are also available with Fios, so you can get a triple play bundle.

Now if you have an all inclusive bundle with your cable television company, you know how costly that can be. Generally, the standard pricing on these packages with Comcast or Time Warner usually run about 0 per month. Direct TV offers a package called the Premier bundle which has everything for around 0 a month including high definition. You do have to pay extra for high definition, but you are still looking at a nice savings over cable.

Whatever your programming choices are, evaluating satellite TV bundles is a smart thing to do in today’s economy, especially when cable TV prices keep on increasing. Reviewing other services like cable TV and comparing them with the latest Direct TV offer is a good idea.

Fios from Verizon is now five years old this year. If you are one of the fortunate customers who have this state of the art service, you are aware of the super fast internet speeds, the crystal clear HD TV signal, and the sure and steady local and long distance calling offered through the fiber optic network. If not, why is Fios from Verizon a great option instead of cable television service?

A good reason is the way in which the services offered by Verizon compare to what has been cable TV’s sandbox for about 10 years. Cable companies like Time Warner quickly deployed triple play packages of service when people were clamoring for high speed internet access as the year 200 approached. These bundles allowed the customer to obtain all of their communication services through one entity, and this led thousands of people to completely abandon their traditional phone company.

Now that choices like Verizon Fios and Uverse from AT&T are becoming widely available, you don’t have to order your TV service through the cable TV company. Competition is good for the consumer, and prices have been held down now that cable must compete with both satellite television and traditional phone companies.

Another important reason why Fios is a great alternative to cable is in the method used to deliver the services to the customer. Verizon is investing nearly $25 billion dollars to deploy the first fiber to the premise communications backbon. By building an all fiber optic network, there are virtually no bandwidth constraints to hold you back. You may not know, you can now get internet speeds as fast as 50 Megabits per second, which will give you the capability to download a full length feature movie in just 16 minutes! On the other hand, cable downloads max out at about 15 Mbps which would mean the same movie would take almost an hour to download.

Finally, Verizon Fios offers an enticing incentive to get the customer to try out the new service. Special deals currently out there include zero start up fees, and $150 cash rebates. With specials like this out there, it is no wonder why this new service is something many are interested in instead of cable.