State utility commissions and carriers that self certify must complete the annual certification of eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) receiving High Cost support by Wed.,Oct. 1, 2025, to ensure continued carrier participation in the High Cost program. Failure to complete this certification by the Oct. 1 deadline may result in loss of High Cost funding for carriers […]
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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 2024 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 and latency […]
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 second 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 Area […]
State utility commissions may now access the most recent FCC Form 481 filings for carriers under their jurisdiction that participate in the High Cost program through the 54.314 certification system in the USAC E-File system, and deployment data for broadband service supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) in their states through the Connect America Fund Broadband Map (CAF Map) and the new Connect […]
Tribal officials may now request access to the most recent FCC Form 481 filings submitted by telecommunications carriers that serve Native American communities with financing from the High Cost program by emailing the USAC High Cost Division at Form481@usac.org, and can view deployment data for broadband networks supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) in Indian Country through […]
The annual HUBB filing process is changing this year for carriers in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) and Bringing Puerto Rico Together (Uniendo a Puerto Rico) Fund and the Connect USVI Fund (PR/USVI Funds) with the transition to Fabric Location ID reporting. Carriers participating in modernized Connect America Fund (CAF) programs with defined fixed broadband buildout obligations have until March […]
USAC reminds carriers that they have until today, July 15, 2025, to submit and certify results from network speed and latency testing conducted in the second quarter of 2025 at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) in order to comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Performance Measures testing framework.Carriers that fail […]
USAC reminds carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) that they have until today, July 15, 2025, to submit and certify results from network speed and latency pre-testing conducted in the second quarter of 2025 at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) in order to comply with the Federal […]
Carriers can now access compliance reports displaying results from network performance measures testing conducted in the first 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 Area Code (SAC) level about […]