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Compliance Reports Now Available for Fourth Quarter Network Testing

Carriers that submitted and certified results from network performance measures testing conducted at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF)in the fourth quarter of 2024 can now access compliance reports displaying the results of that testing through the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM). These compliance reports include details at the Study […]

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Annual HUBB Filing Due March 3, 2025

The annual HUBB filing deadline is less than a month away. Carriers participating in modernized Connect America Fund (CAF) programs with defined fixed broadband buildout obligations have until March 3, 2025, to file and certify deployment data with USAC’s High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) portal showing where they built out mass-market, high-speed Internet service in calendar year […]

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USAC Encourages RDOF Carriers to Obtain Samples for Network Pre-Testing ASAP

USAC strongly encourages carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) to obtain their random samples of active subscriber locations for quarterly network speed and latency pre-testing starting this year as soon as possible so that they have enough time to complete a full week of pre-testing at these locations before the end of the first […]

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USAC Encourages Carriers to Obtain New Samples for Network Testing ASAP

USAC strongly encourages all carriers that must obtain new random samples of active subscriber locations for ongoing quarterly network speed and latency testing in 2025 to begin this process as soon as possible so that they have enough time to complete a full week of testing at the new locations before the end of the […]

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Compliance Reports For 2023 Testing Now Available for CAF BLS Carriers

Carriers participating in the Connect America Fund Broadband Loop Support (CAF BLS) program can now access annual compliance reports displaying results from network performance measures testing conducted in 2023 through the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM). These compliance reports include details at the Study Area Code (SAC) level about the percent of upload and download speed […]

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Q4 Performance Measures Testing Must Be Complete by Dec. 31

USAC reminds carriers subject to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Performance Measures testing framework that they must complete a week of fourth quarter network speed and latency testing at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) by Tues., Dec. 31, 2024, and encourages carriers to submit and certify […]

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Compliance Reports Now Available for 2023 and Q2, Q3 2024 Network Testing

Carriers subject to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Performance Measures testing framework can now access compliance reports displaying annual results from network performance measures testing conducted in 2023 through the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM). These compliance reports include details at the Study Area Code (SAC) level about the percent of upload and download speed tests […]

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USAC Launches New CAF State Map

USAC has launched a new online map that provides a big-picture, state-level view of the impact of the Connect America Fund (CAF) on broadband expansion in rural America, as well as a new online search tool that displays details about CAF-supported broadband deployment by speed tier. The new map and tool are the latest additions […]

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Annual HUBB Filing Due March 3, 2025

The annual HUBB filing deadline is coming soon. Carriers participating in modernized Connect America Fund (CAF) programs with defined fixed broadband buildout obligations have until March 3, 2025, to file and certify deployment data with USAC’s High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) portal showing where they built out mass-market, high-speed Internet service in calendar year 2024 or certify […]