Isle of Man

Highlights

  1. Out of the 1000 most-visited websites, 54% can be reached on a local server or cache in Isle of Man. This exceeds Internet Society's target of 50%.
  2. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as very poor.
  3. As of 2023, the population of Isle of Man was 84,165.
ccTLD
.im
Flag of Isle of Man
Region
Europe
Sub-region
Northern Europe
Population
84,165
Classification
  • High income country

Internet Usage Permanent link

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • No data Mbps
    Broadband
  • No data Mbps
    Mobile

Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

  • No data
    has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet
  • No data
    has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

13
active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Very Good
More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

15%
of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol
33%
Europe average
20212022202320242025

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

1

active data center

Locally cached content

54%

of the top 1000 websites in Isle of Man can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

73%
Europe average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • MANX-AS MANX-TELECOM Autonomous System: 63%
  • SURE-INTERNATIONAL-LIMITED: 21%
  • DOMICILIUM-AS: 9%
  • WI-MANX-AS: 5%
  • AS-BLUEWAVE: < 1%

Market competition

Very Poor

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Security Permanent link

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 31%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 10%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 64%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Inactive

Adoption of DNSSEC

94%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

45%
Europe average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

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