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posted by janrinok on Sunday November 24 2019, @04:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the can-we-can't-we? dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

America's broadband watchdog has told telcos they cannot use government subsidies to buy any more Huawei or ZTE equipment.

The FCC is also mulling extending this ultimatum to include the continued use of the Chinese manufacturers' gear, meaning cellular and internet providers will have to replace their installed Huawei and ZTE boxes, as well as vow not to purchase any of the kit, if they wish to receive funding from the US government.

Specifically, the five-member commission voted unanimously on Friday to bar US telcos from using cash from the Universal Service Fund to purchase stuff made by either of the Chinese telecoms giants.

The USF is an $8.5bn nationwide fund that subsidizes telcos that provide service in rural and poor areas, schools, and libraries. Even the larger network providers tap into this piggy bank, so the crackdown on Huawei and ZTE purchasing reaches right across the market.

[...] The decision comes on the heels of what was seen as a reprieve of sorts for Huawei when, earlier this week, the FTC granted a third extension on the trade ban on the switch slinger, letting certain US companies continue to do business with the biz. One of those corporations, Microsoft, just announced it was going to be able to continue selling its software to Huawei.


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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @08:03PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @08:03PM (#924251)

    I find it humorous that I got an "ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED" for your first link and an "ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID" on the other domain name. These systems are failing, indeed.

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  • (Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Monday November 25 2019, @01:12PM (1 child)

    by jmichaelhudsondotnet (8122) on Monday November 25 2019, @01:12PM (#924487) Journal

    I just tested them both and they are fine.

    Archive.is is as plain jane as you can get, that problem is not on my side.

    Maybe you are being censored?

    Here is the recent snapshot of systems failing project:

    https://archive.is/kM3t9 [archive.is]

    The dns/hosting for my domains is 301 forwarding that in some browsers/configs is having issues, that I am right now discussing with the admin team at the company. This is all because I literally cannot afford it.

    If you can't connect to archive.is though, I would say that is a pretty big problem.

    But if you are looking for a reason not to consider my ideas, then I just threw this standard response together:

    https://archive.is/IZsOB [archive.is]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @05:41AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @05:41AM (#924794)

      The problem with archive.is was probably transient and I wouldn't even have pointed it out if it wasn't for the other one giving me an error as well. Juxtaposed with your domain name, the irony was too much to bear. Speaking of the second problem, you can see that it still doesn't work here https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=thesesystemsarefailing.net&hideResults=on [ssllabs.com]

      Also, good on you for attacking me for "leaving half-assed negative commentary calling people names like crazy or antisemitic." I had no idea that such were the connotation pointing out the technological failures attempting that occured when trying to connect to two websites. Next time SN has an outage, I'll be sure to donate to the Jewish Federations of North America as reparations when I complain about it to martyb.</sarcasm>