The nodes of the GARR network on the national territory are called Points of Presence (PoP). PoPs host the transmission and routing equipment and are usually hosted by Universities and Research Organisations or, for long-distance fibers, by a Telecom operator.
Depending on the requirements of the users located in the area, the number of interconnected sites, and the aggregated access capacity, PoPs can work as transport nodes, regional/metropolitan aggregation nodes or both.

Access and backbone links connected to PoPs:

Traffic statistics of packet network PoPs:

GARR Network Points of Presence List