Three companies approved under the FCC router ban. One makes sense. One is already in the government's server cabinets. One is Amazon — and you don't tell Amazon no when they run your classified workloads. Also I pulled the SEC filing. Funny story.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/heres-that-detailed-us-manufacturing-plan-indonesia-vietnam-and-thailand
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The FCC router ban approval queue is starting to answer questions nobody was willing to ask out loud. Netgear got approved with no explanation. TP-Link's CEO wrote a million dollar check and told investigators about it as a credential. Total coincidence, I'm sure.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/total-coincidence-im-sure
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Just got this e-mail from Netgear - almost thought it's a phishing e-mail - but they just wanted to let me know that my Nighthawk® X4S AC2600 WiFi Router reached it's "End of Life" after 6 or 7 years and I'm supposed to buy a new Netgear router 🤔 Well, that Netgear router is long gone and I'm glad I've switched to a FRITZ!Box with much better long-term support. I'd hate to throw out a perfectly fine router just because the manufacturer says so.
Netgear Gets Mysterious Exemption To Trump FCC ‘Router Ban,’ Refuses To Say How
@cmccullough Yep. #Netgear sent it to an email address used solely to registered a switch in 2016 - which incidentally died out of warranty just 3 years later. So they've held onto that email addy for over a decade just to spam me on special occasions of their choosing. And yes, no prospect of unsubscribing.
Never underestimate the ability of a marketing opportunity to override corporate ethics.
Since this email was ostensibly signed by the Netgear CEO, we know precisely where the ethical failure starts and how little they respect the integrity of the customer contact information we provide.
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