I am still undecided on the stock in general.... It could be a $60 stock in no time under the right market conditions.... I also think that FIOS has a chance to make it, VZ just has to be very cost efficient.... They need to aim their advertising at the online gaming community. IMO. It is a huge market currently, and will only grow as people catch up with the technology....IMO.
It will be interesting to see how FIOS turns out. I was looking at VZ very seriously a few months back before I talked to the Tech Ops guy. Again, best of luck.
You don't have to lease the boxes from them, you can purchase your own which is usually cost effective if you plan on having the service for more than a year. As far as an ethernet card goes, you can purchase one and put it in your computer, it is quite simple, you don't need to buy a new computer.