The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Fi Router Models Made Outside US

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-just-banned-the-sale-of-new-wi-router-models-made-outside-us

by InfamousRece • 4 months ago

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tantalor2• 4 months ago

Oh. Are any wifi routers currently made in the US?

stop50• 4 months ago

Nope

tantalor2• 4 months ago

Uh oh :)

JohnFen2• 4 months ago

The reporting on this keeps saying "WiFi routers", but I don't see anything in the announced policy that limits it to just those (I could have missed something). It appears to apply to all routers, whether they include WiFi or not.

AdieuToLogic• 4 months ago

Perhaps a more applicable description is "consumer routers", as most routers in this category are WiFi routers. An interesting question is whether this policy is applicable to data center network equipment or not.

JohnFen2• 4 months ago

That is an interesting question. My read of the published policy is that it does. If this is actually coming from a security concern, I'd think enterprise equipment would be even more important than consumer.

The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Fi Router Models Made Outside US

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