I recently changed the oil on a Lincoln Town Car that had a Motorcraft FL-820S filter on it. The service interval on this vehicle was 5 months and 23 days and the mileage was 4732. The oil was Schaeffer's 10W-30. The oil looked great and the filter was as clean inside as it could be. There were no signs of carbon particles or abnormal metallic dirt. However, the anti-drainback valve tore in half when I removed it from the base plate of the filter. Everything else in the filter was outstanding except the ADBV. It hadn't failed but it was definitely weak to have torn apart when I lifted on it to remove it for inspection.
Just from my own personal experience I won't run a Fram past 3,000 miles (actually won't run them at all) and I won't run other OTC filters past 6,000 miles. The absolute best filters I've seen have been the German/Austrian Mann and Mahle which have looked perfect at 1 year and 15,000 miles. The biggest disappointment to me has been the high priced Amsoil filters. Their internals haven't appeared to be any better than the cheap Wal-Mart filters and I've had numerous people bring them to me for installation in which the ADBV would leak straight out of the box. I half suspect that many of these Amsoil filters are old and this has had a affect on the materials.
This isn't meant to flame. I'm just passing along personal experiences.