The US FCC router ban has updates: Now, the first products have been added to the exempted list – and it’s from Netgear, a company that has dedicated years to lobbying the federal government. The FCC also clarified that its router ban includes wireless hotspots (e.g. 5G hotspots), and the broad definition of a “router” could feasibly even include game consoles, phones, and simple range extenders. We dig through links within the ISP (Internet Service Provider) industry, including lobbying contributions, and find a path to what we think is long-term router subscriptions via “authorized” sources like ISPs. The risk of eventual government backdoors also prevails in such a situation. Conflicts of interest with Starlink also present concerns.
And we’ll see this extend to other areas of computing as Chinese tech advances if US policy continues unabated. No RAM, no CPUs/GPUs.
The way things are going, the US will be banning electricity, metal tools, and fire over the next few years.