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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers
(www.engadget.com)
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Those can’t be imported either lol. This ruling will never stand up in court.
Nah, "conditional approval" is written into the regulation. You might know this wording better as "pay us a large sum and we'll give you approval."
Exactly, since nothing is made in the US, only the ISP routers on the government list will be legal.
Based on the regulation as written, approval is granted only if the company:
It's not a ruling, the FCC ~~was ordered~~ decided that they're not going to certify any new foreign made home routing equipment. No certification means the radios won't be legal for consumers to operate
This isn't a law or judicial ruling, it's policy
The FCC is a commission that decides things. It’s a ruling in every sense of the word. And they can be sued for really anything. Here the fcc is getting sued for approving something. https://www.freepress.net/news/public-interest-coalition-sues-fcc-unlawful-approval-largest-broadcast-merger-history
I mean, you can sue pretty much anyone for anything, but fair... It is technically a ruling
It's still just a policy though, which means it's easy to change or to do unofficially if the courts reject it (which seems unlikely right now, but I'd love to see it happen)