Op-Ed: The F.C.C. Gets Ready to Unlock the Cable Box 

Every year, American cable-TV subscribers spend $231 on average to rent cable boxes that they should be able to buy outright, potentially saving them hundreds of dollars over several years. Consumers could soon have that option under an excellent proposal by the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Source: The F.C.C. Gets Ready to Unlock the Cable Box – The New York Times