AT&T U-verse

Great fiber optic package with combined internet, TV and VOIP services with solid uptime. AT&T is a corporate defender of net neutrality. They also have reasonable DSL speeds for lower cost and their tech support are some of the smartest I have been on the end of the line with. I previously had their Elite DSL package and regular phone while living in Costa Mesa, CA and never had the net connection drop once. Plus they allow you to run a web server out of your home if you feel so inclined. This is not the story with Comcast which can be helpful for setting a small gaming server or creating a local web server to show off updates on projects without having to upload to a development site or email links. This also allows your clients to see the most recent version of their projects, which my clients loved.

Verizon FiOS

True fiber optic connection until the fiber optic line hits your residence where the signal is converted to copper wires but it hauls and is well worth it. If I remember correctly for internet and VOIP services the bill came out to around $80 a month and once the ‘Spicoli’ installers replaced a bad conversion box it never went down and remained a solid service. I think with the TV services our bill would have rounded out to around $125 so its not a bad deal. Unfortunately, I had some issues using port forwarding for my home web server, Verizon does not support Net Neutrality (Obama does though) and their tech support is rather poor. But once things are setup its very self maintaining, just use your own router and use theirs to act only as modem.