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The US Federal Communications Commission says any new Wi-Fi routers not made in America are banned for import…which basically means Americans aren’t getting any new Wi-Fi routers that aren’t already certified. We aren’t looking at a dearth of routers immediately, but what’s going to happen when new and faster Wi-Fi comes out?
To get a look at the current state of routers used by Americans, Ookla, the SpeedTest.net people, pulled some user data. According to their breakdown of the major Wi-Fi router brands, including TP-Link, Netgear, Asus, Arris, Google and Eero/Amazon. The vast majority of Americans are using either Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 5, which debuted way back in 2013. Less than ten percent of users from any brand, and usually less than five, are on the latest Wi-Fi 7 technology.
That means that a whole lot of people are going to be in the market for a new Wi-Fi router within the next few years, and if they live in the US, their options will be severely limited by federal mandate. Technically it’s possible that routers could be built in the US…in the sense that it’s possible to build data centers in space. It’s a bad idea that’s expensive and impractical in just about every way.
So if you’re in the market for a fast Wi-Fi router in the US, you might want to shell out for a fancy Wi-Fi 7 model, and hope that it’s possible to get a software update in a couple of years. We’ll keep an eye on the situation over at PCWorld.
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