Cable lobby seeks FCC waiver on foreign router ban, warns of broadband disruption
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Jon Brodkin
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Summary
The cable industry's primary lobby group (NCTA) is seeking a waiver from the FCC's ban on foreign-made routers, which was added to the Covered List in March. The NCTA warns that if cable ISPs cannot modify router components due to the ban, it could cause chaos in the broadband market. The group cites memory and substrate shortages as reasons for needing flexibility to use foreign-made components in consumer routers offered to home broadband users.
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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 nation
NCTA seeks waiver from foreign-router ban, citing memory and substrate shortages.
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