> What should be happening is that the FCC / international communications bodies should be directly funding a project like OpenWRT ... The exact opposite is wh

> What should be happening is that the FCC / international communications bodies should be directly funding a project like OpenWRT ... The exact opposite is what actually happened. In late 2016, the FCC specifically banned owner-based firmware upgrades[0]. It was ostensibly due to RF configuration, it could also be seen as a concession to the manufacturers. 0 - https://hackaday.com/2016/02/26/fcc-locks-down-router-firmware/ https://hackaday.com/2016/02/26/fcc-locks-down-router-firmwa...