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The FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US. (infosec.exchange)

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[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 188 points 7 months ago (10 children)

… does America even manufacture routers?

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 128 points 7 months ago (3 children)

We don't lol

Electronics manufacture of any kind has been heavily outsourced since at least 1995.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That only means we're going to take over a country that makes routers.

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[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago

Greenfield makes routers right? Or is it Iceland? My hands are Huuuuuge!

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[–] krull_krull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

China? Yeah fat chace

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[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 28 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Time to dust off the old US Robotics 14.4k sportster.

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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

It depends on their version the fcc is considering "manufactured". If they mean it in a literal sense, there's pretty much just starlink. If they mean it can be an American company but put together overseas then there's plenty, like Netgear and Linksys.

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[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago

linksys is owned by foxconn since 2018, the times when they were cheap brand of cisco are long gone.

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[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago

I think the last time that was the case, they were called modems and made by US Robotics.

Shortly after the chips and components started coming from Japan and eventually Taiwan.

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