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Internet in Iceland
Iceland is among the top countries in the world in terms of Internet deployment and use. 99.68% of Icelanders used the internet in 2021.
As of April 2026, Iceland is listed 6th in the world for fixed access download speeds according to Speedtest.net at 343 Mbit/s. 97.5% of households are connected to full-fibre (FTTH) networks in 2025, with at least 1 Gbit/s speeds available to all fibre users and 10 Gbit/s available to most. Iceland has 208.8 Tbit/s of international submarine bandwidth capacity through four cables.
Míla operates the largest national trunk network, copper and PON (FTTH) fibre access network. Ljósleiðarinn, originally a fully municipal owned network, operates a competing national trunk and PTP ethernet fibre network, as well as a XGS-PON network. Smaller local ISPs operate locally. Síminn, Sýn and Nova are the Iargest ISPs in Iceland.
ISNIC is the Icelandic domain registry for its country-code top level domain, .is. It is a member of the RIPE NCC, Europe's regional Internet registry. ISNIC also operate Iceland's only open-policy internet exchange point, the Reykjavík Internet Exchange (RIX). CERT-IS manages Iceland's national cyber-security.
Full-fibre is the most common connection medium (FTTH/FTTB, through both PTP and GPON). A minority of rural connections are by provided by legacy Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL), including VDSL and ADSL. Satellite internet and fixed wireless solutions are used in the most remote of locations.
At the end of 2025, as per the Electronic Communications Office of Iceland:
In terms of advertised download speeds:
Over 97.5% of homes in Iceland have full fibre access. Míla offers a XGS-PON/GPON network with a minimum flat rate delivered at 1 Gbit/s, and additional access tiers of 2.5, 5 and 10 Gbit/s. Ljósleiðarinn's network is based on a PTP ethernet network, with a minimum flat rate delivered at 1 Gbit/s and also offers up to 10 Gbit/s service by PTP and XGS-PON. Ljósleiðarinn's full fibre network extended to 100% of the Reykjavík capital area by 2016 and smaller towns such as Reykjanesbær, Akranes, Þorlákshöfn, Hella, Selfoss and Hvolsvöllur by 2017. Míla operates full-fibre access networks in most urban areas of Iceland but does not have as complete coverage of the Reykjavík area.
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Internet in Iceland
Iceland is among the top countries in the world in terms of Internet deployment and use. 99.68% of Icelanders used the internet in 2021.
As of April 2026, Iceland is listed 6th in the world for fixed access download speeds according to Speedtest.net at 343 Mbit/s. 97.5% of households are connected to full-fibre (FTTH) networks in 2025, with at least 1 Gbit/s speeds available to all fibre users and 10 Gbit/s available to most. Iceland has 208.8 Tbit/s of international submarine bandwidth capacity through four cables.
Míla operates the largest national trunk network, copper and PON (FTTH) fibre access network. Ljósleiðarinn, originally a fully municipal owned network, operates a competing national trunk and PTP ethernet fibre network, as well as a XGS-PON network. Smaller local ISPs operate locally. Síminn, Sýn and Nova are the Iargest ISPs in Iceland.
ISNIC is the Icelandic domain registry for its country-code top level domain, .is. It is a member of the RIPE NCC, Europe's regional Internet registry. ISNIC also operate Iceland's only open-policy internet exchange point, the Reykjavík Internet Exchange (RIX). CERT-IS manages Iceland's national cyber-security.
Full-fibre is the most common connection medium (FTTH/FTTB, through both PTP and GPON). A minority of rural connections are by provided by legacy Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL), including VDSL and ADSL. Satellite internet and fixed wireless solutions are used in the most remote of locations.
At the end of 2025, as per the Electronic Communications Office of Iceland:
In terms of advertised download speeds:
Over 97.5% of homes in Iceland have full fibre access. Míla offers a XGS-PON/GPON network with a minimum flat rate delivered at 1 Gbit/s, and additional access tiers of 2.5, 5 and 10 Gbit/s. Ljósleiðarinn's network is based on a PTP ethernet network, with a minimum flat rate delivered at 1 Gbit/s and also offers up to 10 Gbit/s service by PTP and XGS-PON. Ljósleiðarinn's full fibre network extended to 100% of the Reykjavík capital area by 2016 and smaller towns such as Reykjanesbær, Akranes, Þorlákshöfn, Hella, Selfoss and Hvolsvöllur by 2017. Míla operates full-fibre access networks in most urban areas of Iceland but does not have as complete coverage of the Reykjavík area.
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