back in the 90s all the Internet traffic in Italy was routed around two big hubs, hosted in two public universities (it was mainly one, in Rome). Internet is m

back in the 90s all the Internet traffic in Italy was routed around two big hubs, hosted in two public universities (it was mainly one, in Rome). Internet is much more reliable now. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GARR https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GARR I studied CS in Rome at "La Sapienza" and I was merely 10 steps away from INFN (national institute for nuclear physics) where GARR phisically resided. I spent more time there than in my class. That's how I got involved in this new "internet thing".