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Mike Dano

  • Lead Industry Analyst, Ookla
Denver, United States
As seen in: Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel, LinkedIn, ZDNet, Light Reading, Data Center Knowledge, NewsBreak, Fierce Network, FierceWireless, FierceTelecom, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society and
Lead Industry Analyst at @Ookla. Previously a telecom journalist.
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It looks like everyone's getting ready for the AI uplink surge... Already OpenVault LLC reports pretty significant growth in upstream traffic on the cable and fiber networks it monitors in the U.S… | Mike Dano

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By Mike Dano
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It looks like everyone's getting ready for the AI uplink surge... Already OpenVault LLC reports pretty significant growth in upstream traffic on the cable and fiber networks it monitors in the U.S. and elsewhere. Specifically, the company reported upstream traffic grew almost 20% in 2026 compared with 2025. Downstream traffic grew just 6.1% during the same period. Details: https://lnkd.in/gMy9kKk9 No wonder a bunch of 5G players are getting ready for similar trends on mobile networks.
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MidWave did all the hard work - now its 1.4 GHz spectrum is ready for 5G

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By Mike Dano
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A new 1.4 GHz MANET wireless network in the U.S.? MidWave Wireless today announced it would build a Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (MANET) wireless network using its nationwide 1.4 GHz spectrum holdings and its regional 1.7 GHz spectrum assets. According to the company, that network is now being deployed and placed into operational service across 18 U.S. markets. https://lnkd.in/gAiBCTyu MidWave is an interesting company.
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RootMetrics® US State of the Mobile Union report 1H 2026

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By Mike Dano
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T-Mobile is going into the C-band For years, T-Mobile's midband 5G story focused almost exclusively on the 2.5 GHz spectrum it got from Sprint. But now, it's venturing into the C-band too. According to Ookla RootMetrics testing conducted in the first half of 2026, a small but notable percentage of T-Mobile samples in markets stretching from San Jose, California, to Buffalo, New York, show transmissions in C-band spectrum.
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