{"id":130782,"date":"2026-06-12T15:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/cable-lobbyists-show-how-trump-fccs-extortive-foreign-router-ban-isnt-workable\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:14:21","slug":"cable-lobbyists-show-how-trump-fccs-extortive-foreign-router-ban-isnt-workable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/cable-lobbyists-show-how-trump-fccs-extortive-foreign-router-ban-isnt-workable\/","title":{"rendered":"Cable Lobbyists Show How Trump FCC\u2019s Extortive \u2018Foreign Router Ban\u2019 Isn\u2019t Workable"},"content":{"rendered":"

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from the going-great,-thanks-for-asking<\/i> dept<\/h3>\n

Again in March\u00a0I noted how<\/a>\u00a0the Trump FCC below Brendan Carr had introduced a \u201cnew ban\u201d on all routers made abroad (which is just about all of them<\/strong>). On the time we additionally famous how this was much less of a ban and extra of a shakedown<\/em>, with router producers required to beg the Trump FCC for conditional waivers (charges, favors, no matter) to proceed doing enterprise within the States.<\/p>\n

A number of router producers (like Amazon\u2019s Eero and Netgear) have subsequently acquired exemptions from the Trump administration, however as a result of there’s zero transparency to the method, we don’t know what they agreed to. Did they pay the Trump administration a bribe? Did they comply with surveillance backdoors for ICE operations? Who is aware of? Nice stuff.<\/p>\n

Now the cable foyer seems to be balking on the purported international router ban. In a\u00a0petition filed with the FCC last week<\/a> (spotted by Ars Technica<\/a>) NCTA (The Web & Tv Affiliation) \u2014 the cable trade\u2019s largest lobbying org \u2014 requested for a large exemption from the restrictions, noting that they\u2019re merely not sensible in real-world observe:<\/p>\n

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\u201cNCTA requests an expedited grant of this waiver to allow its members and their suppliers to navigate unavoidable provide chain shortages and stop disruptions within the availability of broadband for NCTA members\u2019 prospects, whereas nonetheless fulfilling the principles\u2019 nationwide safety and public security objective.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So mainly you\u2019ve bought a ban on international routers that’s extra about extortion than defending nationwide safety. Which the cable trade says it will possibly\u2019t adhere to as a result of AI hype, tariffs and pointless wars have pushed up the prices of many inside router parts, making adherence costly if not inconceivable. Nice stuff, very savvy policymaking by individuals who undoubtedly know what they\u2019re doing<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n

A part of the \u201cinternational router ban\u201d was alleged to contain forcing {hardware} manufacturing to return to the states. However as a result of Trump and far of his administration have a fourth-grader-level understanding about how these things works (like his need to all of the sudden have smartphones built in the U.S.<\/a>), the cable trade\u2019s submitting notes that the \u201conshoring\u201d of producing and provide chains isn\u2019t realistically potential both:<\/p>\n

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\u201cLike AT&T, NCTA members are encouraging their suppliers to rapidly pursue required onshoring, and, within the meantime, search Conditional Approvals for Coated Routers as vital. Nonetheless, unavoidable provide chain shortages in vital substrate materials and reminiscence modules (together with each unstable and nonvolatile reminiscence) considerably constrain the trade<\/strong>. AT&T\u2019s suppliers will not be distinctive; the identical impediments they’re experiencing impose inevitable limitations on NCTA\u2019s suppliers. Accordingly, NCTA seeks the identical reduction on behalf of its suppliers. Given the immediacy of those points and the concrete harms that may consequence from disruptions to the supply of broadband to giant swaths of US shoppers and companies, the grant of this Petition is warranted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These corporations, lots of which supported and enabled Trump, now should faux this all is smart as they navigate a expensive minefield of bizarre bullshit that received\u2019t accomplish any of its purported objectives.<\/p>\n

That is all exceptionally chaotic and dumb, and it\u2019s unlikely that Brendan Carr, who spends most of his time attempting to censor comedians<\/a> and whining about \u201cwokeness,\u201d is able to managing the dimensions of this form of overhaul \u2014 even when it had been sensible, which it isn\u2019t. <\/p>\n

Once you learn most press coverage of this<\/a> router ban, they don\u2019t actually make it clear to readers that that is all very unworkable and silly. Trump and his administration are given undeserved credit score on competency and coverage, because the press, corporations, and policymakers all attempt to journey over themselves to normalize the sheer pointless stupidity and expense of all of it. <\/p>\n

If the nation cared about nationwide safety we\u2019d give attention to corruption. We\u2019d move a significant fashionable web privateness legislation. We\u2019d shore up, employees, and correctly fund cybersecurity regulators. We\u2019d regulate information brokers. As an alternative we get a large pile of unworkable extortion slop being overseen by bizarre zealots. <\/p>\n

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\tFiled Underneath: brendan carr<\/a>, hardware<\/a>, national security<\/a>, onshoring<\/a>, privacy<\/a>, router ban<\/a>, routers<\/a>, telecom<\/a>
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