Actually, that's not true... as a former worker for Verizon FiOS, and a current subscriber to them, I can tell you I picked the exact channels I wanted, and initially was paying 119.99 a month for a year, for all 3 services *internet, phone, tv" and after my contract was up for that year, I rebundled with FiOS and I now pay 109.99 a month, so not only did I pick what I wanted, but my price went down.
If you can get fios, I say get it.. unless you live in areas like Philly because honestly when I worked for Fios Philly was the biggest complaint area because the fiber optics just weren't working well with the ancient wiring coming into houses where we had to convert at the ONT...