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 […]
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 […]
Carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) may now log into the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) to generate random samples of subscriber locations for quarterly network speed and latency pre-testing starting in 2025 in order to comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Performance Measures compliance framework. USAC strongly encourages PR/USVI carriers […]
Carriers participating in the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (Original ACAM), Revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (Revised ACAM), Rural Broadband Experiments (RBE) and Alaska Plan fundsmay now log into the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) to generate new random samples of subscriber locations for ongoing quarterly network speed and latency testing next year. Original and Revised ACAM, RBE and Alaska […]
USAC encourages all carriers participating in the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (Original ACAM), Revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (Revised ACAM), Rural Broadband Experiments (RBE) and Alaska Plan programs to be sure that their broadband deployment data in the High Cost Universal Broadband (HUBB) portal – showing where they offer broadband service with Connect America Fund (CAF) support – is as up-to-date, […]
Starting in 2025, carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) must conduct quarterly network speed and latency testing 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 requirements. To prepare for this process, USAC encourages RDOF carriers to be sure that their […]
Please join USAC on Wednesday, October 30th from 1:00 PM ET to 2:00 PM ET to learn how to avoid common findings of High Cost beneficiary audits. In this session, USAC’s High Cost and Internal Audit staff will discuss common carrier errors discovered during beneficiary audits. Register Here
USAC encourages carriers to submit and certify results from network speed and latency testing conducted in the third quarter of 2024 at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) in the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) by Mon., Oct. 7, 2024, so that USAC can produce third quarter […]
USAC reminds carriers subject to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Performance Measures testing framework that they must complete a week of third quarter network speed and latency testing at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) by Mon., Sept. 30, 2024, and encourages carriers to submit and certify […]
State utility commissions and carriers that self certify must complete the annual certification of eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) receiving High Cost support by Oct. 1, 2024, to ensure continued carrier participation in the High Cost program. Failure to complete this certification, which must be submitted to both USAC and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), may […]