Cable lobby warns of chaos if FCC doesn't relax ban on foreign routers
FCC router ban
NCTA seeks waiver from foreign-router ban, citing memory and substrate shortages.
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The cable industry’s primary lobby group is seeking a waiver of the Federal Communications Commission ban on foreign routers, warning of potential chaos if cable Internet service providers can’t change some of the components in routers they offer to home broadband users.
In March, the FCC added all consumer-grade routers made at least partly outside the US to its Covered List, which imposes restrictions on devices deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security. The change affected virtually all consumer routers, preventing new or changed models from being imported into or sold in the US.
In a petition filed on Tuesday, NCTA-The Internet & Television Association asked the FCC to grant an expedited waiver allowing its members’ suppliers to “substitute substrate materials and memory modules in the previously certified...
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