FCC and the Set Top Box

In Slashdot: Regulating the set-top box: The cable companies require the use of their set top boxes to access their content. Will the FCC decide to regulate the box details? I recall when Time-Warner swapped out their box and software for me last year, I discovered that useful features that allowed me to move around a film more quickly had been removed. I assumed so that I could not also fast forward over commercials. They are a monopoly cable service.