Based on the language, it would seem to exclude ISP provided routers as those are not “designed to be installed by the consumer”. It also excludes anything not SoHo.
Seems like a great opportunity for ISP to start charging whatever they want to install their crap. Don’t want to pay for the installation and use their router? No internet for you!
Great, so zero network products can be sold, and we have to dispose of any existing ones in a couple years.
I guess the US won’t have any Internet anymore.
Perhaps it’s a fallback plan in case the universal Internet ID thing doesn’t work out. Gotta keep the masses stupid and uncoordinated.
Based on the language, it would seem to exclude ISP provided routers as those are not “designed to be installed by the consumer”. It also excludes anything not SoHo.
I haven’t seen an ISP offer tech installation on anything in years unless the home wasn’t pre-wired. Self installation kits are the norm these days.
Seems like a great opportunity for ISP to start charging whatever they want to install their crap. Don’t want to pay for the installation and use their router? No internet for you!
Look Vlad, I’m doing it too!