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Geoff Huston

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The most recent North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) meeting was held in mid-October 2026 in Miami. The opening keynote presentation was by Telegeography's Paul Brodsky on the topic of global Internet Infrastructure. His presentation highlighted a structural shift in global Internet infrastructure, with…

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Comparing TCP and QUIC

There is a common view out there that the QUIC transport protocol (RFC 9000) is just another refinement to the original TCP transport protocol [ 1 ] [ 2 ]. I find it hard to agree with this sentiment, and for me QUIC represents a significant shift in the set of transport capabilities available to applications in terms…