The FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US.

https://lemmy.ca/post/62262633

The FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US. - Lemmy.ca

Lemmy

… does America even manufacture routers?

I think the last time that was the case, they were called modems and made by US Robotics.

Shortly after the chips and components started coming from Japan and eventually Taiwan.