What CES 2026 didn’t show: The quiet crisis in wireless capacity nobody is talking about

Have you noticed that in crowded places, we often no longer have access to decent internet connectivity? Our mobile applications have increased and multiplied, and the cellular networks are getting overloaded, no longer able to meet our data demand.

Perhaps the most surprising revelation at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wasn’t what was on display, but what wasn’t.

Across the Las Vegas convention center, in nearby hotels, and right along the Strip, internet connectivity was often slow, unreliable, or prohibitively expensive at $80 per day. Attendees adapted, as they always do, hopping between cellular access and Wi-Fi.

After all, that’s what we’ve learned ...