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Quality of Service Report for Major Technology Companies

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In a detailed report, Busi-Bee.com analyzed the quality of service (QoS) for six major technology companies' websites on December 23rd, 2006. The report reveals that Alcatel provided the best overall QoS with a ranking of 99.913%, while LookSmart had the lowest ranking at 97.559%. The report highlights the best and worst response hours, average and mean latencies, and provides a comprehensive analysis of each company's QoS.

Key Takeaways:

  • Alcatel provided the best overall QoS with a ranking of 99.913%, followed closely by Cisco Systems, CNET Networks, Level 3 Communications, and Akamai, all with QoS rankings above 99.6%.
  • LookSmart had the lowest QoS ranking among the six companies, at 97.559%.
  • The best response hours for each company were: Alcatel (7am), Cisco Systems (6pm), CNET Networks (1pm), Level 3 Communications (10pm), and Akamai (10pm).
  • The worst response hours for each company were: Alcatel (4am), Cisco Systems (4am), CNET Networks (4am), Level 3 Communications (4am), and Akamai (4am).
  • Average and mean latencies for each company were considered excellent site delivery consistency, with Alcatel, Cisco Systems, and CNET Networks having average latencies below 0.5 seconds.
  • Level 3 Communications and Akamai had average latencies between 0.3 and 0.4 seconds, while LookSmart had an average latency of 1.5 seconds.
  • Busi-Bee.com's analysis used 18,342 samples from the websites of Alcatel, Cisco Systems, CNET Networks, Level 3 Communications, Akamai, and LookSmart.

Statistics:

  • Alcatel: 99.913% QoS ranking, 0.063235 seconds minimum latency, 0.194670 seconds average latency.
  • Cisco Systems: 99.913% QoS ranking, 0.054590 seconds minimum latency, 0.370546 seconds average latency.
  • CNET Networks: 99.913% QoS ranking, 0.113732 seconds minimum latency, 0.506113 seconds average latency.
  • Level 3 Communications: 99.651% QoS ranking, 0.066648 seconds minimum latency, 0.428511 seconds average latency.
  • Akamai: 99.650% QoS ranking, 0.113555 seconds minimum latency, 0.400018 seconds average latency.
  • LookSmart: 97.559% QoS ranking, 0.113769 seconds minimum latency, 1.024949 seconds average latency.

Sources:

  • M2 PressWIRE, "Busi-Bee.com website quality of service report for Sunday, December 24th, 2006" (December 27, 2006)
  • Busi-Bee.com, "Quality of Service Report" (http://www.busi-bee.com/reports/)
  • Busi-Bee.com, "About Us" (http://www.busi-bee.com/about/)

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