2007 Q4/Mediasurface Telco
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
23 Nov 2007
- Total URLs tested:
62,124
- Total tests run:
20,237,386
- Total number of PDF's:
1,811
- URLs failing functional tests:
5.91%
- Pages failing code standards:
81.93%
- Pages missing a title:
2.00%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
55.79%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
97.01%
- Poorest code quality:
Eircom (http://www.eircom.com/) - 124,423 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 | 98.44 |
| Sense Internet | 100.00 | 95.45 |
| BT Group | 100.00 | 88.00 |
| Telstra Europe | 100.00 | 4.72 |
| South West Communications Group | 100.00 | 3.51 |
| Telspec | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Ascom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Chess Telecom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Mitel Networks | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| NTT Europe Online | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| NextiraOne | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Pennine Telecom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Skype | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Symphony Telecom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| TelecityRedbus | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Claranet | 99.22 | 0.00 |
| O2 | 99.21 | 3.15 |
| Interoute | 98.45 | 3.10 |
| Alcatel-Lucent | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| Inmarsat | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| Virgin Mobile | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| Redstone | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Easynet | 96.85 | 0.00 |
| T-Mobile | 96.80 | 2.40 |
| Teleware | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Patientline UK | 95.00 | 0.00 |
| AT&T | 94.44 | 0.00 |
| MLL Telecom | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| The Number 118 118 | 93.33 | 0.00 |
| 4Com | 92.86 | 0.00 |
| Data Connection | 92.06 | 0.00 |
| Mercury Telecom | 92.00 | 4.00 |
| Tiscali UK | 91.20 | 4.80 |
| Armstrong Communications | 91.18 | 0.00 |
| AOL UK | 90.00 | 0.00 |
| Manx Telecom | 89.84 | 0.00 |
| Smart Telecom | 89.61 | 0.00 |
| Zen Internet | 88.89 | 0.00 |
| Genesis Communications | 88.00 | 0.00 |
| Dot Mobile | 87.60 | 0.00 |
| Sony Ericsson | 86.61 | 0.79 |
| TalkTalk | 86.51 | 0.00 |
| Telent | 85.60 | 0.00 |
| Admiral Group | 85.25 | 0.00 |
| Nortel | 83.72 | 0.00 |
| 4D Telecom | 82.35 | 0.00 |
| Mobestar | 80.80 | 48.00 |
| Opal Telecom | 80.80 | 0.00 |
| Eurotel | 80.77 | 0.00 |
| 3 | 80.00 | 4.00 |
| The Cloud | 79.31 | 62.07 |
| Level 3 Communications | 79.20 | 0.00 |
| Neos Networks | 71.43 | 0.00 |
| Hypertag | 71.15 | 0.00 |
| COLT | 67.72 | 0.79 |
| Motorola | 64.29 | 0.00 |
| VSNL Telecommunications UK | 60.16 | 0.00 |
| Direct Save Telecom | 58.62 | 0.00 |
| Adam Phones | 57.48 | 0.00 |
| PageOne Communications | 53.17 | 0.00 |
| BT Ireland | 51.28 | 0.00 |
| Your Communications | 48.15 | 1.85 |
| Bailey Teswaine | 47.76 | 0.00 |
| first:telecom | 46.67 | 0.00 |
| Virgin Media | 40.80 | 0.00 |
| Arqiva | 38.76 | 0.00 |
| NEG Telecom | 36.54 | 0.00 |
| Windsor Telecom | 26.40 | 0.00 |
| Azzurri Communications | 25.98 | 0.00 |
| Affiniti | 23.20 | 0.00 |
| Dial-a-Phone | 20.00 | 0.80 |
| Orange | 15.20 | 0.00 |
| FLAG Telecom | 12.40 | 0.00 |
| Vislink | 12.24 | 0.00 |
| ECI Telecom | 12.00 | 0.00 |
| Viatel | 10.24 | 0.00 |
| ISIS Telecom | 9.65 | 0.00 |
| Spectrum Interactive | 9.52 | 0.00 |
| STL Communications | 8.06 | 0.00 |
| Damovo | 8.00 | 0.80 |
| Geo | 6.76 | 0.00 |
| Cisco Systems | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| Euphony Communications | 5.88 | 0.00 |
| Ericsson | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| Telecom Plus | 4.80 | 0.00 |
| NDS Group | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| Orange Business Services | 3.88 | 0.00 |
| Verizon Business UK | 3.88 | 0.00 |
| Global Crossing | 3.17 | 0.00 |
| Pipex Communications | 2.56 | 0.00 |
| Carphone Warehouse Group | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Cable & Wireless | 2.38 | 0.00 |
| AT Communications Group | 1.74 | 0.87 |
| Vodafone | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Sky Blue Telecom | 1.11 | 0.00 |
| Toucan Telecom | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Callserve Communications | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| Phones 4u | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| Avaya UK | 0.78 | 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 |
| Alpha Telecom | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Alternative Networks | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Avonline | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bango | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Boltblue | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cellcast | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dynmark International | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| EDCommunications | 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 |
| Invomo | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Jersey Telecom | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lebara | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mason Communications | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mediaburst | 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 |
| 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 |
| Vanco | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| VarTec & TalkTalk Direct | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- Arkadin
- Eurotel
- Invomo
- NEG Telecom
- Sense Internet
- Telspec
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- A-Novo
- Alpha Telecom
- Alternative Networks
- ANT Software
- AQL
- Avonline
- AVST
- Bango
- Boltblue
- Cellcast
- Dynmark International
- EDCommunications
- Eircom
- Elite Mobile
- Eurolink Telecom
- Genesys Conferencing
- IDN Telecom
- IDT Europe
- Invomo
- Jersey Telecom
- Lebara
- Mason Communications
- Mediaburst
- Netsize
- National Grid Wireless
- Nokia
- SITA Networks
- Spirent
- Spitfire Technology Group
- Telecom Direct
- THUS
- Vanco
- VarTec & TalkTalk Direct
- OneBill Telecom
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- Dextra Solutions
- European Telecom
- Hi-Port Telecom
- Kingston Communications
- KN Network Services
- Premier Communications
- Refresh Mobile
- Telsphere
PDF testing
19.8% 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 |
38.62% |
| file/url/badpath None |
30.73% |
| file/url/offtop None |
8.29% |
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
5.45% |
| file/html/badmeta None |
3.46% |
| url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
3.14% |
| file/html/notitle None |
1.94% |
| url/mail/badsmtp Mail server returned unexpected response |
1.79% |
| url/mail/exception Exception while verifying email address |
1.51% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
1.26% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
33.53% |
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
33.50% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
10.46% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
6.44% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
5.70% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
3.35% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
3.34% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
1.71% |
| file/html/unnecessaryclose An end tag was found for an element which does not require one |
0.83% |
| file/html/repeatedattr A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once |
0.56% |