

The Technical Commission has received the participation as speaker from João Luis Silva Damas of the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC). The presentation, held prior to the meeting of this Comission, dealt with aspects of the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections) network control protocols and the BBR algorithm for network congestion control.
The telecom company Near IP, connected to CATNIX since july, has upgraded its connection speed from 5 Gbps to 10 Gbps. Near IP is connected to CATNIX via the bitNAP node, one of the three Points of Presence (PoP) that CATNIX has.
The Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació de Catalunya (CTTI) has upgraded their connection to the CATNIX, going from the current 40 Gbps to 200 Gbps, through two channels of 100 Gbps each one.