i just got FIOS. the best part is, even if you dont plan on switching, you can count on your cable company either raising the speeds, dropping the price, or both, once FIOS comes in and gives competition to cable.
I just signed up for FIOS as soon as I saw it was available in Plano, TX. Within a week, I had Time Warner calling me, telling me that since I was such a valued customer (4-5 year customer, paying $58/month), that they were going to drop my rates to $29.99, and raise the download speeds to 6mbit (was 4mbit before). Not only that, but later that day, a TW rep came by the house to offer me the same deal. I guess alot of people in my neighborhood are switching to FIOS, and they have been driving around the neighborhood looking to see which houses have become prepped for FIOS installation.
I had the 15/2 for $45 package installed a few days ago, and the speeds are great. No outages as of yet, so I have not needed to call Verizon to see how their customer service/repairs are.
Once the cable companies and verizon get in full swing competition with each other, we will see the $45 FIOS package go from 15/2 >> 20/5 (this is already the case in NY/NJ...check dslreports.com and look at the speed reports for verizon.net domainds and you will see)