I'm one of the very first, and loyal FIOS customers in my area - great services - horrible customer service (policies, not the people)
A few months back I upgraded to Ultimate HD and 35/35 internet - 1st problem, NFL Redzone never worked - spent hours on the phone with customer service, multiple days, finally gave up - season was over.
Now I cannot get the Outdoor Channel (and few others I don't care about) - these are now part of a package, that is included in the Ultimate HD package - Spent a total of 4.5 hours on phone with customer service, two separate days - still not working.
Also, for some reason, Verizon started charging me for a 4 room DVR package, and a cable card in May,,, in addition to the two HD DVRs and two HD STBs I do have. Never had them, don;t even have a cablecard compatible device in my house. I'm still getting charged for these, also after multiple calls to billing, customer service, tech support.
I love FIOS (the parts that work), but will be switching back to cable, cannot afford these headaches and bogus charges.