I just don't get what a faster broadband connection is going to buy me right now? Comcast gives me HDTV, HD Movies, and even HD Music Videos on demand. Games on demand would be cool, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before Xbox Live offers something like that, if they don't already. I pay about $45 a month for 8 MB/s Internet, and about $50 for cable TV (which includes an HD DVR and 30 HD Channels). We don't have fiber in my area, but I do imagine if we did it would probably drive cable prices down. Isn't Verizon FIOS about $150/mo?

My point is, they better offer me something extraordinary that I can't get from cable to make me want to pay more for their service. Right now Comcast already offers "true HD on demand", so even though 30 MB/s fiber sounds tempting, unless you're someone who does P2P downloads 24/7, I don't see why the average person needs that kind of bandwidth or would be willing to pay for it right now. Is there something I'm missing?