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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 129 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Are there actually any US-made consumer network routers on the market? All the brands I can think of are pretty much made in Asia these days.

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  • [–] 60 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Ubiquiti is an American company, not sure if the tech is really MADE here though, seems like that'd be weird considering the components are all made outside the US anyway.

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  • [–] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Ubiquiti may not be considered consumer with regards to this, but it’s pretty unclear so it’s a bit of a gamble.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    Yeah, it's all so ambiguous. I switched to them because they were better made and cheaper than the Netgear I was forced to replace after 1.5yrs. It'll be interesting to see where this ends up. Probably lawsuits. Glad I'm already set for a while, I guess.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Functionally no. This will force most users to use whatever their ISP provides.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Those can’t be imported either lol. This ruling will never stand up in court.

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Nah, "conditional approval" is written into the regulation. You might know this wording better as "pay us a large sum and we'll give you approval."

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    Based on the regulation as written, approval is granted only if the company:

    • Fully reveals their entire supply chain
    • All business relationships and contracts
    • Justifies why they aren't producing in the US
    • And provides a detailed step-by-step plan with a fixed schedule for moving production to the US
    • Which is then monitored by the government
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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It's not a ruling, the FCC was ordered decided that they're not going to certify any new foreign made home routing equipment. No certification means the radios won't be legal for consumers to operate

    This isn't a law or judicial ruling, it's policy

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    The FCC is a commission that decides things. It’s a ruling in every sense of the word. And they can be sued for really anything. Here the fcc is getting sued for approving something. https://www.freepress.net/news/public-interest-coalition-sues-fcc-unlawful-approval-largest-broadcast-merger-history

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I mean, you can sue pretty much anyone for anything, but fair... It is technically a ruling

    It's still just a policy though, which means it's easy to change or to do unofficially if the courts reject it (which seems unlikely right now, but I'd love to see it happen)

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