USAC’s new online legacy data collection portal, which lets carriers submit key legacy data filings through the USAC E-File system, will accept annual access charge tariffs and Tariff Review Plan (TRP) filings from carriers receiving Intercarrier Compensation (ICC) Recovery support beginning on Thurs., April 23, 2026. Carriers receiving ICC support must submit this annual filing through the new […]
USAC reminds carriers subject to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) performance measures testing framework that they must complete a week of first quarter network speed and latency testing at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund  (CAF) by Tues., March 31, 2026, and must submit and certify the results of that testing through […]
USAC reminds carriers participating in the Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (Enhanced ACAM) program that they must complete a week of first quarter network speed and latency pre-testing at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund  (CAF) by Tues., March 31, 2026, and must submit and certify the results of that pre-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 2025 at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) through the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM). These compliance reports include details at the Study Area […]
Carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) can now access compliance reports displaying results from network performance measures pre-testing conducted in the fourth quarter of 2025 at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) through the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM). These compliance reports include details at the Study […]
USAC strongly encourages all carriers that must obtain new random samples of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) for ongoing quarterly network speed and latency testing in 2026 to begin this process as soon as possible so that they have enough time to complete a full week of testing at the […]
USAC reminds carriers participating in the Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (Enhanced ACAM) program that they must obtain random samples of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) to conduct quarterly network speed and latency pre-testing starting this year, and strongly encourages carriers to do this as soon as possible so that they […]
USAC is launching a new online legacy data collection portal that will enable carriers that participate in the High Cost program to submit key legacy filings required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through the USAC E-File system. The new portal will launch on Feb. 2, 2026, and will open for various filings on specific dates over the […]
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 2, 2026, 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 2025 or certify that […]
USAC reminds carriers subject to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) performance measures testing framework that they have until Thurs., Jan. 15, 2026, to submit and certify results from network speed and latency testing conducted in the fourth quarter of 2025 at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) in order to […]