Wireless set top box

when is verizon going to start offering set top boxes not needing coax?

Those devices are IPTV units.  Verizon FiOS does not have IPTV infrastructure.  AT&T Uverse must use IPTV because it has low bandwidth links and can't send every channel to the subscriber.  It sends only the channel(s) currently being watched.  It is limited to four different simultaneous channels because it doesn't have the bandwidth of coax or fiber.
To put it in perspective, Uverse FTTN use 45Mbps links to the home and that carries all data and TV services.  A coax carries 100's of channels of TV at one time, with a bandwidth of around 4.5Gbps.  FiOS adds another 622Mbps (BPON) or 2.5Gbps (GPON) on top of the coax bandwidth that is used for data and streaming services.  Coax and fiber simply blow Uverse out of the water.
And again, WiFi isn't ready to be deployed as the prime method of video distribution in any old home.  Just look at all the complaints and issues on this forum as well as other forums about WiFi.  Now imagine what it would be like with a bunch of streaming content running at the same time over a less then optimal WiFi link.  If you were a provider, would you want to roll that out and have to support it for all your customers, especially the non-tech savvy folk?  Especially when you have a well proven, working system already in place?
In order to support IPTV, Verizon needs to add a completely different set of infrastructure for TV while keeping legacy TV systems in place so as not to have to replace every set-top-box out there.  These days the only reason they will do that is if they see a way to make more money.  It may happen some day, but I suspect it is far into the future.
Enjoy.
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