said by Tarheel72:They are basically pulling out of the cable market, little by little. They have publically said they want to concentrate on wireless and streaming services and are not expanding FiOS and I think they would just as soon lose all the existing customers. It is too expensive to service them. I think their plan is to make it so expensive and so inconvenient for FiOS customers that they finally don't have any, even if they are stuck with some franchise agreement.
Even though expansion has stopped to new areas, Verizon will not abandon their $25 billion investment in FiOS. Since all the low hanging fruit has been picked in terms of subscriber acquisition, it is possible that they would sell FiOS (and copper landlines too) to a deep pocketed suitor. If they start offering triple play service for less than $60 per month at an introductory rate for new customers, it would be an indication that Verizon is trying to pump up the subscription levels in order to maximize their asset for a likely sale.