Is your ISP measuring up? Find out with our Top ISP Report, a joint venture between Network World and eTesting Labs' Internet BenchMark service (www. etestinglabs.com).
The data on the right is for September 2001; each month you can go online at Network World Fusion for the latest data.
The chart on the right shows the top dial-up ISPs in the market and how they performed in eight metrics, as determined by eTesting Labs' Internet BenchMark data.
We analyzed 21 ISPs (check out www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 6726 for the list); if your ISP isn't listed among the top performers, ask why it's not performing as well as its competitors.
Top ISPs profile,
September 2001
Network World analysis
National retail
AT&T WorldNet ? The strong remain strong. Blows all other ISPs out of the water.
Regional retail
BellSouth ? Tops the charts in a dwindling field of regional ISPs.
Business-to-business
AT&T (GNS) ? Strong performance across all metrics.
How we did it
Our data comes from eTesting Labs and its Internet BenchMark division. Network World takes the data and applies statistical analysis to rate the relative performance of each ISPs compared with the other ISPs within the same market classification (national, regional or business-to-business ISP). Based on that analysis, we rank the top ISPs for the month listed. The chart on the right lists the top three ISPs that perform above the average for the metric listed within that classification.
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