And also I'm SURE there will be no backdoors installed in these routers. This was a mutual deal to control information, not just a financial one

Those few US companies paid MAGA for this.

Almost certainly not just a money thing. They very likely also made deals for government access to and control of their devices. This isn't just corruption. It is fascism.

It's really amazing how this country just ran on word and vibes up to this point. Turns out you could just do whatever and nobody would have the cajones to stop you

Brother it is class war so

I mean, it’s kind of old news that these consumer routers make up the majority of bot nets, although I doubt requiring them to be US-made will change much.

Isn't Huawei already banned?

The Great Firewall of China FREEDOM

Glad Australia is finally getting some decent fiber links up through Singapore.

SEA-ME-WE3 is a joke and before IndigoWest and ASC, almost all of our international transit was via US.

Well, you can run your own router on your own hardware but other than that, agreed.

Yes.

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.

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

You'll be able to save so much money once private households wont have internet anymore!

Mandatory Triple play packages by xfinity is coming BACK! Yay… I forgot what it was like to over pay for my internet with 2 additional services I don’t want. Can’t wait.

/s

It’s a money grab. About the only networking companies that build in the us are like Cisco and juniper. Which odds are, you aren’t running at home. This is without a doubt a money grab. Google and Amazon will gladly pay the exemption fee. Some others will as well. This isn’t about security or “pay American”. It’s a money grab.

Same play as always. Bullies countries and corps to get what he wants. As long as it serves him that's all he cares about.

There will be some meetings with oems, and gold things dropped on his desk, and the exceptions will start being handed out. Same as always.

Starlink devices are currently the only approved ones.

well pricing them out of reach of the population wasn't working, so soon

I’ve got a GLiNet router with OpenWRT, running adguard on it. Best router experience I’ve ever had. I wonder how quick this ruling takes effect, might be smart to buy another while I can lol

Can't believe this isn't the top comment.

And open software will probably have the ability to show up as a "correct" router when that day comes.

any recommended resources to learn more? Is this a lay person accessible option?

On Linux you can just turn the kernel into a router with a few commands. Its actually very cool.

For anyone looking into this, I recommend picking up a “network appliance” PC. They’re low-spec, often fanless, and come with 4 Ethernet ports. You can often get them for roughly the same price as a router. You will need to provide your own WiFi AP with this method.

Hmmm... so if you install a router os on a pc that's made outside the US, will that make you a criminal?

Perhaps it’s a fallback plan in case the universal Internet ID thing doesn’t work out. Gotta keep the masses stupid and uncoordinated.

Based on the language, it would seem to exclude ISP provided routers as those are not “designed to be installed by the consumer”. It also excludes anything not SoHo.

Where did it say we have to dispose of existing ones? It doesn’t say that no products can be sold, and the article specifically says models that have already been approved can continue to be sold. I also think it’s dumb, but it’s important to be accurate.

Look Vlad, I'm doing it too!

Smuggling? Setting up a factory in Florida that reboxes routers and slaps "Made In America" stickers on them? Resale/referb router prices going through the roof?

Take your pick.

The fascists always attack free speech, and our first amendment rights have been under attack from many directions.

I'm more wondering that if all consumer network routers have to be made in the US (e.g. forcing people to use the ISP-provided one), it makes it easier for them to utilise the ISP's backdoors for monitoring of people's LANs. If that's actually the goal, then the next logical step would be to deny anyone access using a third-party router or ISP-provided router that didn't have their firmware.

They're setting up to verify identities online I presume?

To track online activities.

To ensure nobody is doing anything the government (or its corporate funders) don't like.

Look at the Project2025 manifesto and see how much they want people's activities to be controlled.

You can of course run your own router.

What should the rest of the world make of US consumer routers?

I'll let you know when they actually make one

Taking a huge payment from Comcast and Verizon would be my guess. The language appears to exclude ISP-owned routers.

Spying on citizens at best. Manipulating content at worst.

because why the fuck the not?

In theory, you would have better things to do with your real estate.

But I guess I'm the idiot who threw my kit out six months ago to make the house a little less cluttered.

You need to start a museum lol

Global economic collapse.

It is entirely true that all models from all manufacturers are compromised by spy agencies. However the worst offender by far is Cisco even though they’re “American”.