SUMMARY

On December 8, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an Enhanced Alternative Connect America Model (E-ACAM) Order clarifying support recalculations and another E-ACAM interim location file. This information provides updated fiscal and location information for carriers that elected the E-ACAM support mechanism in 2023. Carriers should carefully review the information and determine if further action is needed due to potential fiscal impacts to the remainder of their E-ACAM support term.

The E-ACAM order details:

• Current projected support amount
• The timelines when recalculations will occur, if support amount changed
• The FCC’s response to several industry comments regarding the support recalculation

The E-ACAM updated interim location file incorporates:

• All adjudicated challenges to broadband fabric
• All successful broadband speed and availability challenges filed by August 1, 2024
• Updated funding commitment data from the current version of the Broadband Funding Map

WHAT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED

Carriers will be able to utilize this interim file to project the potential E-ACAM impacts to final build-out obligations and funding. 

NEXT STEPS & VANTAGE POINT ASSISTANCE

Vantage Point Solutions (VPS) can review your potential fiscal and deployment impacts. This review could include the following:

• Fiscal implications of E-ACAM support changes at a corporate level (including board education)
• Interim location support including mapping of the updated location information
• Operational Support including HUBB reporting due March 2026 (recommend carriers report sooner rather than later) and Performance Measures Testing (pre-testing starts in Q1, 2026)