I'm one of the lucky ones. I moved into a brand new building in queens ~6 months ago, and though the management company said it was ready for both Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS, when I called Time Warner (to move my existing cable plan to my new place) they didn't even have the address for my building in their system (to their credit, the building was an empty lot on google street view). Verizon did, so I jumped ship. Installation literally took an entire day, but now I've got 100 Mb symmetric, though I actually get closer to 120. And, the hardware is nicely hidden away in an embedded alcove in a closet.

As an aside, i've only got internet, I will never pay for a cable tv subscription again.