The case against buying a TP-Link router in the US isn't based on taking the FCC's claims at face value. First, banning sales of new router models does little to address the much larger base of models approved for sale or those already sitting in Americans' homes. Plus, router security problems are hardly unique to TP-Link or to any single country's supply chain. There's another problem: a fully American-made consumer Wi-Fi router doesn't exist. The FCC even undercut its argument when it later allowed affected companies (including TP-Link) to keep pushing critical security updates through 2029.