25 Mar
2026
25 Mar
'26
7:24 p.m.
On Wed, 25 Mar 2026, Joe Klein wrote:
*The main OEMs Verizon used for consumer routers/gateways were:* ...
The main caveat is that the *manufacturing country can vary by hardware revision*, even within the same retail model family. That is especially clear with the Linksys BEFW11S4 line, where one revision is from Taiwan and another is explicitly from China.
It's not just China, the rules forbid stuff manufactured anywhere but the US.
Will the US carriers require all their consumers to change routers, who will bear the cost and what about timeline?
The order clearly says it does not apply to installed equipment. R's, John