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Website Quality of Service Report for August 15th, 2006

Strategic Insights

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Busi-Bee.com released a Quality of Service (QoS) report for Tuesday, August 15th, 2006, analyzing website performance for six major companies: Cisco Systems, Apple Computer, Microsoft, Alcatel, Akamai, and Amazon.com. The report examined data collected from 18,360 samples taken from these websites on Monday, August 14th, 2006.

The analysis revealed that Cisco Systems provided the best overall quality of service, with an overall QoS ranking of 100.000%. Amazon.com had the lowest ranking, with 95.026%. The report highlighted the best and worst response hours, average and mean latencies for each company, and the overall quality of service delivery consistency for the day.

Key Takeaways:

  • Cisco Systems provided the best overall quality of service, with an overall QoS ranking of 100.000%.
  • Apple Computer and Microsoft had an overall QoS ranking of 99.913%, with excellent site delivery consistency.
  • Alcatel's overall QoS ranking was 99.302%, with excellent site delivery consistency.
  • Akamai's overall QoS ranking was 99.217%, with excellent site delivery consistency.
  • Amazon.com had the lowest ranking, with an overall QoS ranking of 95.026%, and a mean latency of 2.103 seconds.
  • The best response hours for each company varied, with Cisco Systems' best response hour being 3am and Amazon.com's best response hour being 8pm.
  • The mean latency for the day was 0.473 seconds for Cisco Systems and 2.103 seconds for Amazon.com.
  • The average latency for the day was 0.395 seconds for Cisco Systems and 1.240 seconds for Amazon.com.
  • The worst response hour for Akamai was 7 pm, with latencies of 21.931338 seconds (unreachable) and 0.793325 seconds.
  • Amazon.com's worst response hour was 5 pm, with latencies of 198.557186 seconds (unreachable) and 4.948482 seconds.

Statistics:

  • Cisco Systems: 100.000% overall QoS ranking, 0.056470 seconds (minimum latency), 0.801491 seconds (average latency), 0.395 seconds (average latency for the day), 0.473 seconds (mean latency for the day).
  • Apple Computer: 99.913% overall QoS ranking, 0.044374 seconds (minimum latency), 0.201439 seconds (average latency), 0.435 seconds (average latency for the day), 0.496 seconds (mean latency for the day).
  • Microsoft: 99.913% overall QoS ranking, 0.058780 seconds (minimum latency), 0.554358 seconds (average latency), 0.477 seconds (average latency for the day), 0.378 seconds (mean latency for the day).
  • Alcatel: 99.302% overall QoS ranking, 0.000535 seconds (minimum latency), 0.764595 seconds (average latency), 0.819 seconds (average latency for the day), 0.486 seconds (mean latency for the day).
  • Akamai: 99.217% overall QoS ranking, 0.061696 seconds (minimum latency), 0.225668 seconds (average latency), 0.597 seconds (average latency for the day), 0.581 seconds (mean latency for the day).
  • Amazon.com: 95.026% overall QoS ranking, 0.000187 seconds (minimum latency), 0.864680 seconds (average latency), 1.240 seconds (average latency for the day), 2.103 seconds (mean latency for the day).

Sources:

  • Busi-Bee.com website quality of service report for Tuesday, August 15th, 2006.

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