2007 Q3/Mediasurface Telco
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
19 Jul 2007
- Total URLs tested:
61,790
- Total tests run:
20,128,030
- Total number of PDF's:
1,780
- URLs failing functional tests:
6.09%
- Pages failing code standards:
81.48%
- Pages missing a title:
1.92%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
56.63%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
98.16%
- Poorest code quality:
Eircom (http://www.eircom.com/) - 179,439 failures
- Fastest average response time:
The Number 118 118 (http://www.118118.com/)
Accessibility and Performance rankings
This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.
This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).
| Organisation | Avg. Response | Download (kB/s) |
|---|---|---|
| Only available for Qtr 4 2010 onwards | ||
| Organisation | A | AA |
|---|---|---|
| Arkadin | 100.00 | 99.22 |
| BT Group | 100.00 | 21.43 |
| Telstra Europe | 100.00 | 10.32 |
| Mercury Telecom | 100.00 | 8.70 |
| South West Communications Group | 100.00 | 7.14 |
| Tiscali UK | 100.00 | 1.59 |
| Interoute | 100.00 | 1.55 |
| Telspec | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Skype | 100.00 | 0.79 |
| 4D Telecom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Alcatel-Lucent | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ascom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Chess Telecom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Mediaburst | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Mitel Networks | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| NextiraOne | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| O2 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Sense Internet | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Symphony Telecom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| TelecityRedbus | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| COLT | 99.21 | 0.79 |
| Smart Telecom | 98.63 | 0.00 |
| Virgin Mobile | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| Claranet | 97.67 | 0.00 |
| Inmarsat | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Patientline UK | 97.44 | 0.00 |
| Redstone | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Data Connection | 96.06 | 0.00 |
| AT&T | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Teleware | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| MLL Telecom | 94.49 | 0.00 |
| NTT Europe Online | 93.75 | 0.00 |
| 4Com | 92.59 | 0.00 |
| Genesis Communications | 92.13 | 0.00 |
| Dot Mobile | 91.34 | 0.00 |
| Zen Internet | 91.27 | 0.00 |
| TalkTalk | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| Armstrong Communications | 91.18 | 0.00 |
| T-Mobile | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| Manx Telecom | 88.98 | 0.00 |
| Pipex Communications | 85.48 | 0.00 |
| Mobestar | 84.92 | 47.62 |
| Telent | 84.26 | 0.00 |
| Refresh Mobile | 83.33 | 66.67 |
| Eurotel | 80.77 | 0.00 |
| Opal Telecom | 80.31 | 0.00 |
| VSNL Telecommunications UK | 79.37 | 0.00 |
| Orange | 75.20 | 0.00 |
| AOL UK | 73.60 | 0.00 |
| Hypertag | 71.43 | 0.00 |
| The Number 118 118 | 66.67 | 0.00 |
| 3 | 62.70 | 1.59 |
| Level 3 Communications | 59.52 | 0.00 |
| Direct Save Telecom | 58.62 | 0.00 |
| Bailey Teswaine | 57.14 | 0.00 |
| Adam Phones | 56.69 | 0.00 |
| Nortel | 54.40 | 0.00 |
| PageOne Communications | 53.60 | 0.00 |
| Sony Ericsson | 53.60 | 0.00 |
| Your Communications | 48.15 | 1.85 |
| first:telecom | 46.67 | 0.00 |
| Neos Networks | 37.50 | 0.00 |
| NEG Telecom | 36.54 | 0.00 |
| Arqiva | 34.92 | 0.79 |
| Motorola | 32.00 | 0.00 |
| Virgin Media | 31.75 | 0.00 |
| Dial-a-Phone | 27.56 | 0.00 |
| Azzurri Communications | 26.98 | 3.97 |
| Viatel | 21.71 | 0.00 |
| BT Ireland | 15.62 | 0.00 |
| Windsor Telecom | 15.20 | 0.00 |
| ECI Telecom | 14.40 | 0.00 |
| FLAG Telecom | 12.50 | 0.00 |
| Vislink | 12.24 | 0.00 |
| ISIS Telecommunications | 9.65 | 0.00 |
| Boltblue | 8.59 | 0.00 |
| STL Communications | 8.33 | 0.00 |
| Geo | 8.20 | 0.00 |
| Cisco Systems | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| Spectrum Interactive | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| Admiral Group | 4.76 | 0.00 |
| Bango | 3.97 | 0.00 |
| Telecom Plus | 3.97 | 0.00 |
| Orange Business Services | 3.88 | 0.00 |
| Alpha Telecom | 3.23 | 0.00 |
| Damovo | 3.20 | 0.80 |
| Cable & Wireless | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Ericsson | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Global Crossing | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| NDS Group | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| AT Communications Group | 1.80 | 0.90 |
| PNC Telecom | 1.75 | 0.00 |
| Carphone Warehouse Group | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Phones 4u | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Verizon Business UK | 1.55 | 0.00 |
| Sky Blue Telecom | 1.11 | 0.00 |
| Alternative Networks | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Toucan Telecom | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Vodafone | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Callserve Communications | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| Maintel Holdings | 0.00 | 0.79 |
| A-Novo | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ANT Software | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AQL | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AVST | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Avaya UK | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Avonline | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cellcast | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dynmark International | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EDCommunications | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Easynet | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Eircom | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Elite Mobile | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Eurolink Telecom | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Genesys Conferencing | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| IDN Telecom | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| IDT Europe | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Jersey Telecom | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lebara | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mason Communications | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| National Grid Wireless | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Netsize | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nokia | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| OneBill Telecom | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pennine Telecom | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| SITA Networks | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Spirent | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Spitfire Technology Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| THUS | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Telecom Direct | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| The Cloud | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Vanco | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| VarTec & TalkTalk Direct | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- Eurotel
- Mason Communications
- NEG Telecom
- Refresh Mobile
- Sony Ericsson
- Telspec
- OneBill Telecom
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- A-Novo
- ANT Software
- AQL
- Avaya UK
- Avonline
- AVST
- Cellcast
- Dynmark International
- EDCommunications
- Eircom
- Elite Mobile
- Eurolink Telecom
- Genesys Conferencing
- IDN Telecom
- IDT Europe
- Jersey Telecom
- Lebara
- Mason Communications
- Netsize
- National Grid Wireless
- Nokia
- Pennine Telecom
- SITA Networks
- Spirent
- Spitfire Technology Group
- Telecom Direct
- The Cloud
- THUS
- Easynet
- Vanco
- VarTec & TalkTalk Direct
- OneBill Telecom
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- Affiniti
- Dextra Solutions
- Euphony Communications
- European Telecom
- Hi-Port Telecom
- Kingston Communications
- KN Network Services
- Premier Communications
- Telsphere
PDF testing
18.0% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.
Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.
Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
| file/url/badquery None |
42.52% |
| file/url/badpath None |
27.54% |
| file/url/offtop None |
7.56% |
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
5.26% |
| file/html/badmeta None |
3.47% |
| url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
2.81% |
| url/fetch/timeout Timeout downloading file |
1.82% |
| file/html/notitle None |
1.78% |
| url/mail/exception Exception while verifying email address |
1.59% |
| url/mail/badsmtp Mail server returned unexpected response |
1.30% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
35.38% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
32.56% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
9.00% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
6.36% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
5.24% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
5.22% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
2.95% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
1.54% |
| file/html/unnecessaryclose An end tag was found for an element which does not require one |
0.79% |
| file/html/repeatedattr A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once |
0.43% |