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"path": "/2026/04/20/netgear-gets-mysterious-exemption-to-trump-fcc-router-ban-refuses-to-say-how/",
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"brendan carr",
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"textContent": "Late last month we noted how the Trump FCC under Brendan Carr announced a “new ban” on all routers made overseas (which means pretty much all of them). At the time we also noted how this was less of a ban and more of a shakedown, with router manufacturers required to beg the Trump FCC […]",
"title": "Netgear Gets Mysterious Exemption To Trump FCC ‘Router Ban,’ Refuses To Say How"
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