Tired of renting that anything-but-cutting-edge box from your cable provider? The FCC wants to open the market to competition. CNET tells you what you need to know and how long you'll have to wait.

Of all the issues with cable TV, the mandatory set-top box might be the biggest annoyance. These boxes tend to be eyesores, and flipping through hundreds of channels—or memorizing channel ...

OK, so right now I'm using Comcast, but there is fiber that has been deployed in my neighborhood that should be faster and cheaper. I'm paying WAY too much a month. The only issue is that the fiber ...

Nearly a decade ago, Comcast promised liberation from the tyranny of the cable box. But today its control seems here to stay—as does big cable's control over how you consume the programming you pay ...