FCC Increased Broadband Speed Benchmark
On March 14, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission voted to raise the national fixed broadband standard from 25 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload, which was set in 2015, to 100 Mbps upload/20 Mbps download.
On March 14, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission voted to raise the national fixed broadband standard from 25 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload, which was set in 2015, to 100 Mbps upload/20 Mbps download.
In a Public Notice released March 14, 2024, the FCC announced that the proposed Universal Service Fund (USF) contribution factor for the second quarter of 2024 will be 32.8 percent.
In its April RHC newsletter, USAC reminded Telecom program participants that the Commission established a deadline of July 1, 2024, to submit invoices for FY2019 and earlier.
The Rural Health Care Program Funding Year (FY) 2024 filing window opened on December 1, 2023 and was extended until May 1, 2025.
In the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program, the Commission aligned the invoice filing deadline for the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) and the Telecommunications (Telecom) Programs to October 28, 2023 in FCC Order 19-78.
The E-rate application filing window for Funding
Year 2024 FCC Form 471 opened on
January 17, 2024, at noon ET and
will close on March 27, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET.