Re: FCC issues new rules about foreign made routers

"John R. Levine via NANOG" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.operators.nanog
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On Wed, 25 Mar 2026, Joe Klein wrote:
> *The main OEMs Verizon used for consumer routers/gateways were:* ...

> The main caveat is that the *manufacturing country can vary by hardware
> revision*, even within the same retail model family. That is especially
> clear with the Linksys BEFW11S4 line, where one revision is from Taiwan and
> another is explicitly from China.

It's not just China, the rules forbid stuff manufactured anywhere but the 
US.

> Will the US carriers require all their consumers to change routers, who
> will bear the cost and what about timeline?

The order clearly says it does not apply to installed equipment.

R's,
John
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