January 9, 2026
Carriers Must Submit and Certify Results From Q4 Network Testing by Jan. 15
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 comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Performance Measures testing framework.
Carriers that fail to submit and certify all fourth quarter test data for all obligated speed tiers for the full sample of subscriber locations selected for testing in the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) by the Jan. 15, 2026, deadline may face a reduction in support that will not be restored. (See FCC DA 25-289).
This requirementapplies to carriers in the following funds (as well as ACS):
Carriers that did not conduct network performance measures testing during the fourth quarter for any reason, including lack of active subscribers to test, and therefore do not have test data to submit and certify, must notify the FCC and USAC by Jan. 15, 2026, by emailing ConnectAmerica@fcc.gov and hccerts@usac.org.
Read the full announcement here.
January 9, 2026
Carriers Must Submit and Certify Results From Q4 Network Pre-Testing by Jan. 15
USAC reminds carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) that they have until Thurs., Jan. 15, 2026, to submit and certify results from network speed and latency pre-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 comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Performance Measures testing framework.
RDOF carriers that fail to submit and certify all fourth quarter pre-test data for all obligated speed tiers for the full sample of subscriber locations selected for testing in the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) by the Jan. 15, 2026, deadline will face withholding of support. (See FCC DA 25-289)
RDOF carriers that did not conduct required network performance measures pre-testing during the fourth quarter for any reason, including lack of active subscribers to test, and therefore do not have test data to submit and certify, must notify the FCC and USAC by Thurs., Jan. 15, 2026, by emailing ConnectAmerica@fcc.gov and hccerts@usac.org.
Read the full announcement here.
January 5, 2026
Annual HUBB Filing Due March 2, 2026
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 they have “no locations to upload.”
This includes carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), Bringing Puerto Rico Together (Uniendo a Puerto Rico) Fund and the Connect USVI Fund (PR/USVI Funds) and the Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (Enhanced ACAM) program, which will be reporting deployment data in the HUBB using location IDs from the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (Fabric), a single, standardized dataset of all locations in the U.S. where fixed broadband access service is available or could be installed. (See details below).
Please join USAC at 2 p.m. ET on Tues., Jan. 20, 2026, for a webinar overview of the HUBB reporting requirements, a walk-through of the system and an explanation of the HUBB filing process for RDOF, PR/USVI and Enhanced ACAM carriers. Register here.
Read the full announcement here
December 29, 2025
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 Wed., Dec. 31, 2025, and must submit and certify the results of that testing through the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) no later than Thurs., Jan. 15, 2026.
Failure to complete a full week of speed and latency testing at the selected subscriber locations by the end of the fourth quarter, on Dec. 31, 2025, or to submit and certify all test data for all obligated speed tiers for the full sample of selected locations by the Jan. 15, 2026, deadline will impact future CAF support payments. (See FCC DA 25-289)
This requirementapplies to carriers in the following funds (as well as ACS):
Carriers that did not conduct all required network performance measures testing during the fourth quarter because they did not have active subscribers to test for a particular Study Area Code (SAC) and speed tier combination must attest to this (and provide an explanation)Â in the PMM before the end of the quarter and may be subject to verification review that subscribers were not available.
Carriers that did not conduct network performance measures testing during the fourth quarter for any reason, including lack of active subscribers to test, and therefore do not have test data to submit and certify, must notify the FCC and USAC by Jan. 15, 2026, by emailing ConnectAmerica@fcc.gov and hccerts@usac.org.
Read the full announcement here.
December 29, 2025
Q4 Performance Measures Pre-Testing Must be Complete by Dec. 31
USAC reminds carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) that they must complete a week of fourth quarter network speed and latency pre-testing at a random sample of broadband subscriber locations supported by the Connect America Fund (CAF) by Wed., Dec. 31, 2025, and must submit and certify the results of that pre-testing through the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) by Thurs., Jan. 15, 2026, in order to comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) performance measures testing framework.
RDOF carriers that fail to complete a full week of pre-testing at the selected subscriber locations by the end of the fourth quarter, on Dec. 31, 2025, or fail to submit and certify all test data for all obligated speed tiers for the full sample of selected locations by the Jan. 15, 2026, deadline will face withholding of support. (See FCC DA 25-289)
Carriers that did not conduct all required network performance measures pre-testing during the fourth quarter because they did not have active subscribers to test for a particular Study Area Code (SAC) and speed tier combination must attest to this (and provide an explanation) in the PMM before the end of the quarter and may be subject to verification review that subscribers were not available.
RDOF carriers that did not conduct network performance measures pre-testing during the fourth quarter for any reason, including lack of active subscribers to test, and therefore do not have test data to submit and certify, must notify the FCC and USAC no later than Jan. 15, 2026, by emailing ConnectAmerica@fcc.gov and hccerts@usac.org.
Read the full announcement here.
