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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers (www.engadget.com)
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[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] tyler@programming.dev 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Those can’t be imported either lol. This ruling will never stand up in court.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Nah, "conditional approval" is written into the regulation. You might know this wording better as "pay us a large sum and we'll give you approval."

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Exactly, since nothing is made in the US, only the ISP routers on the government list will be legal.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Based on the regulation as written, approval is granted only if the company:

  • Fully reveals their entire supply chain
  • All business relationships and contracts
  • Justifies why they aren't producing in the US
  • And provides a detailed step-by-step plan with a fixed schedule for moving production to the US
  • Which is then monitored by the government
[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not a ruling, the FCC ~~was ordered~~ decided that they're not going to certify any new foreign made home routing equipment. No certification means the radios won't be legal for consumers to operate

This isn't a law or judicial ruling, it's policy

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The FCC is a commission that decides things. It’s a ruling in every sense of the word. And they can be sued for really anything. Here the fcc is getting sued for approving something. https://www.freepress.net/news/public-interest-coalition-sues-fcc-unlawful-approval-largest-broadcast-merger-history

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

I mean, you can sue pretty much anyone for anything, but fair... It is technically a ruling

It's still just a policy though, which means it's easy to change or to do unofficially if the courts reject it (which seems unlikely right now, but I'd love to see it happen)