Helium: Hospital Wi-Fi offload carries 145+ TB in week one across 10,654 access points - Sep 2026

A health system operating 23 hospitals, along with pediatric centers, physician offices, and outpatient clinics, enabled its existing Wi-Fi for carrier offload on the Helium Network this month, retiring its distributed antenna system and carrying more than 145 TB in week one across 10,654 access points.The deployment makes Helium service operationally pervasive across the health system's campuses because offload runs on access points the facilities already own. Retiring the distributed antenna system replaces dedicated hardware costs with protocol-driven resource allocation, where network participants earn from traffic the hospitals generate.The 145+ TB carried in week one offers a measured early signal of demand, though first-week figures may not reflect steady-state load.A health system with 23 hospitals, plus pediatric centers, physician offices, and outpatient clinics, turned its existing Wi-Fi into Helium coverage this month. 🏥Why it matters 👇