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Announcements Mar 26, 2026 at 12:35 AM

The United States router ban, explained

Posted by UGMadness

https://www.theverge.com/tech/899906/fcc-router-ban-march-2026-explainer
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DrSpeckles Mar 26, 2026 +1
Isn't this just like the drone ban? His sons will open a domestic router business? Which will of course rebadge chinese made routers.
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Excellent_Set_232 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Sounds like a tariff without calling it a tariff
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SnooCauliflowers9533 Mar 26, 2026 +1
If you're right and I come back to see, I'm commenting "insider trading".
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Seasonal_Evergreen Mar 26, 2026 +1
https://archive.is/EQAEU
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Seasonal_Evergreen Mar 26, 2026 +1
If the price of decent routers eventually skyrockets in the US, more people will buy potentially even less secure shit directly from China. I'm not sure it's possible to actually execute lasting changes like this unless you can effectively police Grey market importing, which isn't easy.
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SarahArabic2 Mar 26, 2026 +1
nah, most people use their isp provided equipment they’ll never know…. we are the loudest minority here
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BigHungryFlamingo Mar 26, 2026 +1
ISPs would not be able to provide the models they provide now and would potentially offset the cost increase by upping the price to the customer. 
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antlestxp Mar 26, 2026 +1
Are isp routers made in America?
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Predator_ Mar 26, 2026 +1
Nope
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Seasonal_Evergreen Mar 26, 2026 +1
Wasn't talking about ISP provided routers but direct-to-consumer sales. My back of the envelope calculations based on some quick research suggest that up to 10 million or so are sold each year, with the rolling total getting quite a bit higher than that if people keep using their routers for more than a year which I think a significant percentage of those people would. That's not insignficant.
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Objective-Fuel6879 Mar 26, 2026 +16
These paywall posts have got to stop
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Overly_Underwhelmed Mar 26, 2026 +1
first the made their website unreadable. now they make it inaccessible. I wish them all the best with that.
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Excellent-Berry-2331 Mar 26, 2026 +1
The fabulous archive ph in question:
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tweakingforjesus Mar 26, 2026 +1
My state purchasing department has banned purchases from Alibaba. What this means is that we buy the exact same item drop shipped from the same factory in China by paying a domestic middle man a 400% markup.
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brithus Mar 26, 2026 +1
Trump admin to decide which router makers get [exemptions from FCC import ban](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/trump-fcc-prohibits-import-and-sale-of-new-wi-fi-routers-made-outside-us/). Grifting open - get your bribes in now!
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Jae_Rides_Apes Mar 26, 2026 +1
Because RAM and HDDs going through the roof weren’t enough, now network gear also gonna pop off.
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Ascomae Mar 26, 2026 +1
Somm Trump will build a factory. Their router will have a backdoor directly to palantir. That's why they ban routers.
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