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Website Quality of Service Report for August 13th, 2006

Strategic Insights

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Busi-Bee.com conducted a study on the quality of service (QoS) of several prominent websites, including Alcatel, Blockbuster, Microsoft, Akamai, Level 3 Communications, and Amazon.com. The study involved taking 18,351 samples from these websites over a 24-hour period on August 12th, 2006. The results show that Alcatel provided the best overall QoS with a ranking of 100%, while Amazon.com had the lowest ranking at 98.433%. The study also highlights the best and worst response hours for each website, as well as their average and mean latencies.

Key Takeaways:

  • Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) provided the best overall QoS with a ranking of 100%, with an average latency of 0.552 seconds and a mean latency of 0.119 seconds.
  • Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) also provided excellent QoS, with an overall ranking of 100% and an average latency of 0.191 seconds and a mean latency of 0.080 seconds.
  • Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) had an overall QoS ranking of 100%, with an average latency of 0.275 seconds and a mean latency of 0.108 seconds.
  • Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) had an overall QoS ranking of 99.738%, with an average latency of 0.323 seconds and a mean latency of 0.214 seconds.
  • Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) had an overall QoS ranking of 99.477%, with an average latency of 0.242 seconds and a mean latency of 0.324 seconds.
  • Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) had the lowest QoS ranking at 98.433%, with an average latency of 1.080 seconds and a mean latency of 1.971 seconds.
  • The best response hour for Alcatel was at 4am, with minimum and average latencies of 0.080490 and 0.665449 seconds respectively.
  • The worst response hour for Amazon.com was at 9pm, with latencies of 183.053391 and 4.671391 seconds respectively.

Statistics:

  • Alcatel: 100.000% QoS ranking, average latency: 0.552 seconds, mean latency: 0.119 seconds.
  • Blockbuster: 100.000% QoS ranking, average latency: 0.191 seconds, mean latency: 0.080 seconds.
  • Microsoft: 100.000% QoS ranking, average latency: 0.275 seconds, mean latency: 0.108 seconds.
  • Akamai: 99.738% QoS ranking, average latency: 0.323 seconds, mean latency: 0.214 seconds.
  • Level 3 Communications: 99.477% QoS ranking, average latency: 0.242 seconds, mean latency: 0.324 seconds.
  • Amazon.com: 98.433% QoS ranking, average latency: 1.080 seconds, mean latency: 1.971 seconds.
  • Total samples: 18,351
  • Total websites analyzed: 6

Sources:

  • M2 PRESSWIRE-14 August 2006-eAccounts.NETwork: Busi-Bee.com website quality of service report for Sunday, August 13th, 2006
  • http://www.busi-bee.com/reports/

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