It has gone on long enough. For as long as I can remember, Time Warner has held the city of New York by their proverbial cable/internet balls with their mediocre customer service, minimal HD selection and their late-to-the-game DVR technology. It isn’t bad enough that cable television prices have risen 77% (double inflationary rates) since 1996, but we hardly even use their full offerings!  According to a recent NYTimes article, on average the cable customer only use a mere 13% of all channels available.

Today marks a step in the right direction. According to Alley Insider, the New York City’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee voted unanimously to allow Verizon to wire all five boroughs. This is awesome for multiple reasons:

1. FiOS is a better product.
2. You now have the opportunity to bundle in your mobile bill (assuming you are a Verizon customer) with your cable bill, eliminating yet another layer of taxes.
3. Competition will spawn both Time Warner and FiOS to improve product offerings at a faster rate
4. Price jockeying

In the meantime. I am still going to buy the Roku Netflix box and wing it with basic cable. But, it is good to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.