Is your Wi-Fi router safe from the FCC ban? Nearly every major brand is impacted

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In a bombshell announcement, the Federal Communications Commission will be banning all foreign-made Wi-Fi routers, saying they pose "unacceptable risks" to national security.

The ban doesn't apply to any existing routers that the FCC has already authorized but will impact any new models “produced in foreign countries.” Router manufacturers can apply for an exemption, but so far, none have been granted "Conditional Approval" on the FCC’s website.

This is a monumental development for the US Wi-Fi router market. With the exception of newer Starlink routers, nearly every router available for purchase in this country is at least partially manufactured outside the US, including TP-Link, Asus and Netgear. An estimated 60% of routers in the US are manufactured in China.

According to a list of FAQs published by the FCC, a router will be considered foreign made if “any major stage of the process through which the device is made, including manufacturing, assembly, design and development” occurs outside the US.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/is-your-wi-fi-router-safe-from-the-fcc-ban-nearly-every-major-brand-is-impacted/ar-AA1Zhxki

Starlink, AKA Elon Musk

[CrispyQ]

1. The deregulation crew hard at work.

We won't shut down the internet. We'll just regulate the hardware you use. Don't worry about that pesky clicking noise you hear.

Some will get that.

[genxlib]

2. Would this apply to whole house piggyback networks?

I have a google home system that just picks up the signal and mirrors it to multiple rooms in the house.

The actual router is built into the AT&T fiber equipment. I would expect that most people are using the routers provided by their vendor rather than a name brand one that you install yourself. I would expect this to be a big problem for them.

[ForgedCrank]

3. One question

I would like to ask is can non-US manufacturers be compelled or forced to build in backdoors to our equipment? is that more the reason they might be banned? They maybe don't have to comply?
Pure speculation on my part, but it still makes me wonder

[Coventina]

4. There are no ethical billionaires. nt

[B.See]

6. But no, we aren't dwelling under

a fascist authoritarian KLEPTOCRACY.

[surrealAmerican]

7. "will impact new models produced in foreign countries."

In other words, if you are already using it, it's not banned.