Finally we will have another choice in RI besides Cox. Verizon has this awesome expended basic service with 180 channels (more than double what Cox has). That is definitiely what I'll be getting as soon as they arrive in Johnston. As of now Verizon is available in some cities and town in Rhode Island. I saw their channel lineup for RI and you get many channels that are only available on Cox digital. Plus you get NECN New England Cable News instead of that ripoff local news channel that Cox has, where they just repeat the same newscast over and over until the next live newscast comes on.