# Ban on foreign-made routers
**URL:** https://troypointinsider.com/t/ban-on-foreign-made-routers/168479
**Category:** Founders/Patrons Lounge
**Created:** [March 25, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/ban-on-foreign-made-routers/168479 "2026-03-25T10:00:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@MCat](https://troypointinsider.com/u/MCat)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/ban-on-foreign-made-routers/168479/1 "2026-03-25T10:00:41Z")
FYI The Federal Communications Commission announced it will no longer approve consumer-grade routers made outside of the US.
> **[FCC imposes sweeping ban on foreign-made routers, affecting all new models](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/trump-fcc-prohibits-import-and-sale-of-new-wi-fi-routers-made-outside-us/)**
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> Trump admin to decide which router makers get exemptions from FCC import ban.
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### Author:  [@anon44985237](https://troypointinsider.com/u/anon44985237)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/ban-on-foreign-made-routers/168479/2 "2026-03-25T15:09:22Z")
3 posts were merged into an existing topic: [FCC Bans New Foreign Made Routers in the U.S.](https://troypointinsider.com/t/fcc-bans-new-foreign-made-routers-in-the-u-s/168506)
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### Author:  [@anon44985237](https://troypointinsider.com/u/anon44985237)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://troypointinsider.com/t/ban-on-foreign-made-routers/168479/3 "2026-03-25T15:09:22Z")