$79.99/mo for Verizon FIOS Tripple Play (TV, Internet, Phone) + $300 Visa card

I get these offers from time to time but I don't jump on it because I can never seem to find answers to a few questions I have about FIOS.

We have TV's in five rooms in our house although one of the rooms is the basement where I couldn't even tell you the last time we watched TV there. So let's say 4 rooms. I'm assuming FIOS requires a box for each TV but I can't seem to find how many boxes these offers include? Is it as many as we need? With Time Warner cable we have to pay a fee each month for each box although we only have digital cable in 2 rooms, the rest is just basic cable.

My other question is what happens after the 2 year contract? Does the monthly rate go up? If so I can't seem to ever get a straight answer from Verizon how much it will go up.

I would LOVE to see a HD box that we can own so not to pay the fee each month

Yeah, that's pretty annoying. You could do TiVo, but the upfront cost is pretty high. If Verizon would let us buy their DVR for like $250 or $300, I'd take it. Beats paying $16 a month forever.

We have 5 TV's in the house and we only pay $3.99/month to rent the CableCard. We do our own decryption (HTPC with Windows 7 and Ceton InifniTV4 tuner and 4x ClearQAM tuners) and distribution through the home network (Media Center Extenders) . We get all the channels we are entitled to, except for on-demand, and have to call in to get Pay-per-View.

It sure beats paying $60/month to have a whole house DVR ($20/month) and 4 additional HD boxes ($10/month each).

If you have a TV that has a Clear QAM tuner, you can pick up "basic broadcast" channels, which are the same channels you can get with an antenna. Everything else is encrypted, and you need a CableCard.

Verizon has it all figured out when it come to CableCard in a PC. They have a utility that you run to activate the CableCard that you can now pick up at the Verizon FIOS store. No need to have techs to come out.

If anyone needs a referral, PM me with your name and e-mail address, and I will send you one.

Just got a promo card in the mail for $79.99 Verizon FiOS Triple Play (TV, Internet, Phone) 2-year price guarantee (with 2 year agreement) PLUS you get $300 Visa prepaid card.

I had Verizon FiOS for several years. Two months ago, I left FiOS to try Comcast because of a Triple Play Deal that I thought was similar to what I had with FiOS, but was around $70 per month cheaper. So without contacting Verizon to try and get my bill lowered, I made the switch. I thought that I could switch to Comcast for 2 years (the length of the cheaper promotion) and then return to FiOS to take advantage of whatever offer they were going to run at the time. So, everything was switched... TV, Voice and Internet.

So, we tried Comcast for a week or so and just knew we were not happy. We knew what we had with FiOS and LOVED it... even more so after our entire Comcast experience. So, I looked into switching back from Comcast to FiOS. Comcast has a 30 day money back guarantee and I knew I needed to take full advantage of it. So, I went on Verizon's Web site and signed back up with FiOS. The reinstallation date of FiOS would be several days within the 30 day guarantee from Comcast. So, not only did I get my good old FiOS back - I was able to sign up for a $79.99 Triple Play offer that is guaranteed for 2 years and includes a free multi-room DVR for life (currently valued at $19.99 per month).

So, if given the option to take the $300 prepaid Visa card or the free multi-room DVR for life - get the DVR! It will save you well over $300 in the long run. It would actually save you nearly $480 during the 2 year price guarantee time alone. That is at least an additional $180 saving alone.

So by leaving, going to Comcast for nearly a month and coming back... I estimate I will save approx $2,000 (including the one month of free service through Comcast). over the span of only 2 years.

Now, I must add the disclaimer that YMMV if you try to recreate my SlickDeal.

PS... If you like what I wrote and believe you will switch, Private Message me and I will send you a referral code. It would be greatly appreciated.

We have 5 TV's in the house and we only pay $3.99/month to rent the CableCard. We do our own decryption (HTPC with Windows 7 and Ceton InifniTV4 tuner and 4x ClearQAM tuners) and distribution through the home network (Media Center Extenders) . We get all the channels we are entitled to, except for on-demand, and have to call in to get Pay-per-View.

It sure beats paying $60/month to have a whole house DVR ($20/month) and 4 additional HD boxes ($10/month each).

If you have a TV that has a Clear QAM tuner, you can pick up "basic broadcast" channels, which are the same channels you can get with an antenna. Everything else is encrypted, and you need a CableCard.

Verizon has it all figured out when it come to CableCard in a PC. They have a utility that you run to activate the CableCard that you can now pick up at the Verizon FIOS store. No need to have techs to come out.

If anyone needs a referral, PM me with your name and e-mail address, and I will send you one.