Key takeaways:
- The FCC has banned the sale of new foreign-made routers in the US, and this sweeping order applies to virtually every Wi-Fi router currently available in the US market.My expert advice is to hold off on purchasing a new router if you can. Under the current rules, banned routers will no longer receive essential security firmware and software updates after March 1, 2027. The FCC’s action has effectively frozen the entire market while router companies scramble to gain approval. More specific information on which router companies will be subject to the ban is expected to become clearer within the next month or two.
In my eight years of writing and reviewing broadband and routers, I’ve rarely seen news that I would describe as unprecedented. The FCC’s recent decision to ban foreign-made routers is absolutely unprecedented.
The sweeping order applies to any router in which any stage of “manufacturing, assembly, design and development” occurs
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