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Will TP-Link really make routers in the US? Here’s what it told us
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TP-Link wants to make routers in Mississippi, but it’s not ready to commit yet.
TP-Link wants to make routers in Mississippi, but it’s not ready to commit yet.
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TP-Link, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of consumer Wi-Fi routers, is in a precarious position in the US. The company just launched its first Wi-Fi 8 routers, but can’t bring them here because of President Donald Trump’s foreign router ban. Even though competitors Netgear and Asus make their routers in Asia, they’ve mysteriously obtained blanket waivers for all their new gear; perhaps because of alleged ties to China, TP-Link hasn’t managed to get such a waiver yet.
But TP-Link is willing to do something those companies weren’t — to invest nearly $1 billion to make routers in the United States, creating “hundreds of high-paying research and development, manufacturing, and construction jobs for American workers over the next four years,” according to a letter TP-Link sent to the FCC.