It is likely that somehow the FCC’s aim of saving viewers $19 billion of unnecessary cost per year, when it set out to unlock the set top box, will get lost in the reworking of the order. US consumers pay a ridiculous amount of money each year for their set top rentals, but it is all part of the rich tapestry of costs that a cable customer pays. Had the FCC managed to open up set tops, the bills would have migrated elsewhere, to another part of the billing system. But a Congressional House Subcommittee called to investigate the matter had Jessica Rosenworcel confess to her belief, widely echoed in the US press – that there were better ways to…