FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers as a 'National Security Risk'

The ban applies to the sale of new routers manufactured outside the US, but Americans with existing foreign-made routers can continue to use them.

Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving. Prior to joining CNET, Joe led MyMove's moving coverage and reported on broadband policy, the digital divide, and privacy issues for the broadband marketplace Allconnect. He has been featured as a guest columnist on Broadband Breakfast, and his work has been referenced by the Los Angeles Times, Forbes, National Geographic, Yahoo! Finance and more.