Measuring Broadband America

Measuring Broadband America (MBA)

The Federal Communications Commission’s Measuring Broadband America (MBA) program is currently not collecting additional data.

Between 2011 and 2023, the MBA provided performance studies of broadband service in the United States. The program enlisted thousands of volunteers across the United States to use at-home equipment to conduct automated, direct measurements of the fixed broadband services provided by the nation’s largest service providers. Conducted under a contract with an international statistics and analytics firm, these tests were the basis for periodic reports that analyzed provider’s performance under controlled measurement conditions.

Although the FCC is no longer funding a contracted in-home measurement program, it continues to actively follow the evolving fixed broadband delivery landscape through various other initiatives, including the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection initiative and testing requirements to ensure effective support of the FCC’s high-cost support programs to close the digital divide.

Because the MBA program is currently not collecting additional data, internet service providers may no longer use the program’s results and metrics to demonstrate compliance with any FCC program, initiative, or requirement.

The FCC no longer partners with SamKnows (as well as Cisco Systems, its successor in interest) on fixed broadband performance data collection, and these entities have not been authorized to collect MBA data or provide fixed broadband performance analysis on the FCC’s behalf since August 1, 2023.

Former participants in the program who wish to stop unauthorized data collection must (1) send an email stating that they would like to terminate SamKnows’ Measurement Services to community@samknows.com, and then (2) remove the whitebox from their network (the same day if the email was sent prior to 5 pm Eastern Time, or, otherwise, the next business day). Further questions may be directed to oetinfo@fcc.gov.


 

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Bureau/Office:
Engineering & Technology
Updated:
Wednesday, June 4, 2025