Internet in Slovenia

The use of the Internet in Slovenia is widespread. According to official polls in the first quarter of 2008, 58% of citizens between the ages 10 and 74 were internet users,[1] which is above Europe's average.[2] In the same period, 59% of households (85% of which were through broadband)[1] and 97% of companies with 10 or more employed (84% of those through broadband) had internet access.[3] In 2011, 73% of households had internet access, and 67% of households had broadband. As of 2011, 29% of Slovenians had never used the internet.[4]

The use of the internet for specific purposes (online banking, e-Government services, electronic commerce, reading online newspapers, etc.) is near the average for EU27.[5]

The country's top-level domain is .si. It is administered by ARNES, the Academic and Research Network of Slovenia. The organization also provides access to educational and research institutions. Other major providers are Telekom Slovenije (under the trademark SiOL), Telemach, A1 Slovenija (formerly AMIS, mobile provider also known as Si.Mobil) and T-2. Slovenian ISPs provide ADSL, ADSL2+, VDSL, SHDSL, VDSL2, EuroDOCSIS (mostly provided by Telemach) and FTTH.

Slovenia is noted as one of the leading European countries by the percentage of users who browse the web using Mozilla Firefox. In 2007, 47.9% of page requests were made with Firefox, more than in any other European country.[6]

  1. ^ a b (2008-10-01) Internet usage in households and by individuals, Slovenia, 1st quarter 2008. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Accessed 2009-03-22.
  2. ^ "Internet Usage in Europe". Internet World Stats. Accessed 2009-04-30.
  3. ^ (2008-10-01) Internet usage in enterprises with 10 or more persons employed, Slovenia, 1st quarter 2008. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Accessed 2009-03-22.
  4. ^ "Internet access and use in 2011: Almost a quarter of persons aged 16-74 in the EU27 have never used the internet". Eurostat Press Office. 14 December 2011.
  5. ^ (2008-12-02). Internet access and use in the EU27 in 2008 Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Eurostat news release. Accessed 2009-03-22.
  6. ^ (2007-07-18) Firefox narrowly misses 28% use in Europe Internet Explorer under 70%. AT Internet Institute. Accessed 2009-03-22.