The Academic and Research Network of Slovenia (ARNES) was established in Slovenia in 1992 in order to provide research, educational, cultural and other institutions and their users with new opportunities for collaboration and the use of new technologies that came with the advent of the internet and the educational and research networks at the European level. The key to the rapid penetration of the internet in Slovenia were the explosively expanding connections to the ARNES network within universities, libraries and schools, and among pupils, students, professors, teachers and researchers.