FCC just handed Netgear a de facto router monopoly in the US

The Federal Communications Commission has announced that Netgear has been given conditional approval that effectively exempts it from a previous ban on foreign-made networking routers. The conditional approval gives the company a de facto - though potentially temporary - monopoly on the selling and servicing of new consumer routers in the US."We're pleased to share that Netgear is the first retail consumer router company to receive conditional approval from the Federal Communications Com...