Technology

Get them pitchforks ready.

And guillotines.

I’m thinking exempt based on the FCC language of “designed to be installed by the consumer”. ISP provided routers are usually hooked up by the installer tech. Which makes me wonder which ISP chortled orange man’s balls to get this passed.

Figures, make it difficult and expensive for consumers to get routers. Make it so people must pay 5 times as much for a lower quality "US made" router in 4-5 years once the factories are built; or people just stop using the internet at home like the administration wants.

The US does not make many electronics, and when we do, they are ALWAYS made with imported components. So this is once again a threat to companies to move production to the US, but with ZERO incentive for the companies to do so.

No wonder our economy is tanking so hard under these nazi's. They are so incompetent, it hurts.

From another article about this topic:

This leads to the question of what exactly the FCC means by consumer-grade routers.

In September 2024, NIST submitted proposals to strengthen the – undeniably modest – IT security of routers (NIST IR 8425A). It states: “Routers forward data packets, most commonly Internet Protocol (IP) packets, between networked systems.”

This encompasses a wide range of devices, from WLAN repeaters to smartphones

So new smartphones are banned too?

lmfao. apparently the way this was originally written would have prevented non-exempt routers from getting security updates. you know, the alleged reason this ruling even exists. somebody at the FCC office of engineering and technology must have noticed because they issued a temporary waiver (PDF file).

Applying the revised 47 CFR §§ 2.932(b) and 2.1043(b) to the newly added Covered Routers would have the effect of prohibiting permissive changes to Covered Routers even if they were authorized prior to the March 23, 2026, Covered List addition. This prohibition would be in effect even for Class I permissive changes—such as software and firmware security updates that mitigate harm to U.S. consumers—because previously-authorized Routers are now covered equipment. ............... Therefore, OET concludes that a limited waiver until March 1, 2027, is warranted and in the public interest. March 1, 2027, is convenient because it is the date until which the recent DoW determination excepts certain otherwise Covered Routers. Prior to March 1, 2027, the OET will re-evaluate whether to further extend applicability.

I'll stick with my pfsense... Just rebuilt it yesterday to upgrade it a bit.

So basically just like... the internet is banned?

I don’t think there was a lot of research into where these things come from to begin with.

What does this mean for the ISP supplied units?

Raspberry pi?

Land of the free? Freedom just keeps slipping away.....

So uh, OPNSense?

Constructing the pillars of the bigly yuge firewall of america

So everything