return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoThe US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down13
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minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·6 hours agoGreat, so zero network products can be sold, and we have to dispose of any existing ones in a couple years. I guess the US won’t have any Internet anymore.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 hours agoPerhaps it’s a fallback plan in case the universal Internet ID thing doesn’t work out. Gotta keep the masses stupid and uncoordinated.
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoBased on the language, it would seem to exclude ISP provided routers as those are not “designed to be installed by the consumer”. It also excludes anything not SoHo.
minus-squaredarkdemize@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoI haven’t seen an ISP offer tech installation on anything in years unless the home wasn’t pre-wired. Self installation kits are the norm these days.
Great, so zero network products can be sold, and we have to dispose of any existing ones in a couple years.
I guess the US won’t have any Internet anymore.
Perhaps it’s a fallback plan in case the universal Internet ID thing doesn’t work out. Gotta keep the masses stupid and uncoordinated.
Based on the language, it would seem to exclude ISP provided routers as those are not “designed to be installed by the consumer”. It also excludes anything not SoHo.
I haven’t seen an ISP offer tech installation on anything in years unless the home wasn’t pre-wired. Self installation kits are the norm these days.