Cable lobby warns of chaos if FCC doesn’t relax ban on foreign routers
Summary
Ars Technica reports on the FCC’s foreign-router ban and the cable industry’s push for a waiver to substitute memory and substrate components in existing routers due to ongoing supply shortages. The piece discusses the rationale, including memory and substrate constraints, and notes that AT&T received a similar one-year waiver, with broader implications for broadband availability and regulatory compliance. Implications for ISPs, hardware vendors, and SMBs with home networking needs are highlighted.