US bans sale of all *new model* non-US made wifi routers

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JUst see this - this is the FCC chair...

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[Tech9]

Asus statement:

They say nothing about the fact no new model router can be certified under current conditions.

 

[Viktor Jaep]

They say nothing about the fact no new model router can be certified under current conditions.

I noticed that too. Everyone is avoiding saying it. Nothing is stopping current routers being sold.

 

[RMerlin]

I noticed that too. Everyone is avoiding saying it. Nothing is stopping current routers being sold.

Probably because nobody even knows for sure what is going to happen with yet-to-be-validated products. This is yet another very vague claim from the US administration that "we will do <insert something that wasn't fully thought of>", and everyone now has to wait for concrete plans to be announced. One common question for instance is "what qualifies as business product vs home product".

So all they can do for now is reassure their existing customers that everything is "business as usual" as far as any existing product goes.