gamerk2
Posts: 1,609 +2,046
Ding; it's the software that matters here, and nothing this does will affect that. All this does is raise costs, again.
The US moves to block most new routers made overseas
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Ding; it's the software that matters here, and nothing this does will affect that. All this does is raise costs, again.
havok585
Posts: 483 +316
US gov wants it's backdoors on all routers, not just the ones made in-house 
Agree 100%!US gov wants it's backdoors on all routers, not just the ones made in-house
What is a 3000T??
Endymio
Posts: 5,264 +4,880
Some would benefit from an understanding of past history. In 1960, the US made half of all the manufactured goods in the world, while China made essentially zero ... despite the fact that the labor cost gap between the US and China was larger than it is today.
When you understand exactly why that changed, you'll understand the fallacy in your above reasoning.
Gravitytr1
Posts: 230 +138
Very intelligent, yes!
I'd rather be spied on with backdoors and taps from the US than China
IMARIGHT?
Axeia
Posts: 1,046 +1,443
As someone who doesn't live there, they count for me.
(Yeah I know, not living there means my opinion doesn't count either.)
Can't go wrong for that low of a price
.More than powerful enough for my needs, the WNDR3700 it replaced was struggling a bit with all the random smart devices wanting a WiFi connection. But the main problem is that I got a new ISP and for whatever reason it refused to communicate at gigabit speeds with the WNDR3700 (c[r]apping out at 100Mbit).
Now I got it adblocking, proper gigabit connections and a stable WiFi connection which I previously lacked.
(including theoretically WiFi 6, but my phone/laptop predate the wifi 6 introduction date...)
And indeed very cost effective, a WiFi card alone costs about the same and in my experience they don't handle serving to many wireless clients very well nor do they tend to have transmit range/reliability comparable to a purpose build device.
GrayDragon
Posts: 132 +34
What I don't understand is why consumer grade routers are banned, but office grade apparently are just fine. For the record, I only buy routers designed to SOHO standards, with an eye to getting better security options and hardware. Basically, more dependable for overall use including, for example, gaming.
GrayDragon
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Honestly I think the Trump administration people just want to get more bribes.
Endymio
Posts: 5,264 +4,880
You've confused them with the Biden Administration. While we don't know precisely why China secretly wired $22M to nine different Biden family members, all of it from offshore shell accounts in fake names, it does explain why Joe pardoned his family for all past and present crimes.
GrayDragon
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No evidence to show this. See NPR article here: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1175205980/james-comer-republican-oversight-biden
Endymio
Posts: 5,264 +4,880
Oops! You forget tens of thousands of text messages, emails, bank records, wire transfer receipts, and the sworn testimony of a half-dozen FBI and IRS whistleblowers. See here:
Biden Family Investigation - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
And -- of course -- the most telling evidence of all:
"On January 20, 2025, in his final minutes in office, President Joe Biden issued preemptive, blanket pardons for all past and present felonies and misdemeanors by his brother James Biden, sister-in-law Sara Jones Biden, sister Valerie Biden Owens, brother-in-law John T. Owens, and brother Francis Biden. Biden had earlier issued another unconditional pardon of his son Hunter...."
GrayDragon
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None of which has resulted in anything beyond a lot of propaganda ensnaring people like you gullible enough to believe partisan hunting parties.Oops! You forget tens of thousands of text messages, emails, bank records, wire transfer receipts, and the sworn testimony of a half-dozen FBI and IRS whistleblowers. See here:
Biden Family Investigation - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reformoversight.house.gov
And -- of course -- the most telling evidence of all:
"On January 20, 2025, in his final minutes in office, President Joe Biden issued preemptive, blanket pardons for all past and present felonies and misdemeanors by his brother James Biden, sister-in-law Sara Jones Biden, sister Valerie Biden Owens, brother-in-law John T. Owens, and brother Francis Biden. Biden had earlier issued another unconditional pardon of his son Hunter...."
Endymio
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It would have resulted in countless felony charges -- had Biden not pardoned his entire extended family to shield them from it. And in doing so, because the first president in US history to ever perform such a corrupt banana-republic style act.
