April 10, 2025
Scheduled Maintenance on USAC.org
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April 4, 2025
Carriers Must Submit and Certify Q1 Network Testing Results by April 15
USAC reminds carriers that they have until Tues., April 15, 2025, to submit and certify results from network speed and latency testing conducted in the first 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 compliance framework.
Carriers in the following funds were required to complete a full week of speed and latency testing of their CAF-supported networks by the end of the first quarter on March 31, 2025, and must submit and certify all test data for each obligated speed tier for the full sample of selected locations in the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) by the April 15, 2025, deadline.
Quarterly testing mandates currently apply to carriers in the following funds (as well as ACS):
Carriers that did not perform network performance measures testing during the first 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 April 15, 2025, by emailing ConnectAmerica@fcc.gov and hccerts@usac.org. Carriers that certify their test data after the April 15, 2025, deadline will face a reduction in support that will not be restored. (See FCC DA 25-289) Carriers that attempt to certify test data in the PMM after the April 15, 2025, deadline will see a late certification warning informing them of penalties and will be required to provide a “late certification explanation” in order to submit their test results.
Read the full announcement here
April 4, 2025
RDOF Carriers Must Submit and Certify Q1 Network Pre-Testing Results by April 15
USAC reminds carriers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) that they have until Tues., April 15, 2025, to submit and certify results from network speed and latency pre-testing conducted in the first 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 compliance framework.
RDOF carriers that did not perform network performance measures pre-testing during the first 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 April 15, 2025, by emailing ConnectAmerica@fcc.gov and hccerts@usac.org. Carriers that certify their pre-test data after the April 15, 2025, deadline will face withholding of support. (See FCC DA 25-289) Carriers that attempt to certify pre-test data in the PMM after the April 15, 2025, deadline will see a late certification warning informing them of penalties and will be required to provide a “late certification explanation” in order to submit their test results.
Read the full announcement here.
March 24, 2025
Q1 Performance Measures Testing Must be Complete by March 31
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 Mon., March 31, 2025, and must submit and certify the results of that testing through the USAC Performance Measures Module (PMM) by Tues., April 15, 2025.
Failure to complete a full week of speed and latency testing at the selected subscriber locations by the end of the first quarter on March 31, 2025, or to submit and certify all test data for each obligated speed tier for the full sample of selected locations by the April 15, 2025, deadline will impact future CAF support payments.
Quarterly testing mandates currently apply to carriers in the following funds (as well as ACS):
Carriers in these funds that did not perform network performance measures testing during the first quarter for any reason, and therefore do not have test data to submit and certify, must notify the FCC and USAC by April 15, 2025, by emailing ConnectAmerica@fcc.gov and hccerts@usac.org. Carriers that certify their test data after the April 15, 2025, deadline will face a reduction in support that will not be restored.
Read the full announcement here.
