2008 Q1/Mediasurface Telco
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
25 Feb 2008
- Total URLs tested:
63,721
- Total tests run:
20,757,581
- Total number of PDF's:
1,856
- URLs failing functional tests:
6.00%
- Pages failing code standards:
82.82%
- Pages missing a title:
1.37%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
53.69%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
96.60%
- Poorest code quality:
Eircom (http://www.eircom.com/) - 118,274 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 | 100.00 |
| Sense Internet | 100.00 | 92.00 |
| BT Group | 100.00 | 77.60 |
| Genesis Communications | 100.00 | 12.80 |
| Telstra Europe | 100.00 | 8.00 |
| South West Communications Group | 100.00 | 3.45 |
| Telspec | 100.00 | 0.79 |
| Ascom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Chess Telecom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| MLL Telecom | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Mitel Networks | 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 |
| Inmarsat | 99.22 | 0.00 |
| Sony Ericsson | 99.22 | 0.00 |
| Alcatel-Lucent | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| NextiraOne | 99.21 | 0.00 |
| Interoute | 98.45 | 3.88 |
| Virgin Mobile | 98.41 | 0.00 |
| AT Communications Group | 98.08 | 1.92 |
| Redstone | 97.67 | 0.00 |
| Teleware | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Easynet | 96.06 | 0.00 |
| Mercury Telecom | 96.00 | 4.00 |
| O2 | 96.00 | 2.40 |
| Claranet | 95.35 | 0.00 |
| Orange Business Services | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Patientline UK | 95.00 | 0.00 |
| Neos Networks | 93.75 | 0.00 |
| T-Mobile | 92.97 | 2.34 |
| Data Connection | 92.97 | 0.00 |
| 4Com | 92.86 | 0.00 |
| AT&T | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| Dot Mobile | 92.19 | 0.00 |
| Admiral Group | 91.80 | 0.00 |
| Smart Telecom | 91.25 | 0.00 |
| Armstrong Communications | 91.18 | 0.00 |
| AOL UK | 90.00 | 0.00 |
| Zen Internet | 88.98 | 0.00 |
| Manx Telecom | 88.28 | 0.00 |
| Lebara | 86.40 | 0.00 |
| NTT Europe Online | 85.04 | 0.00 |
| Nortel | 83.46 | 0.00 |
| TalkTalk | 81.75 | 0.00 |
| Telent | 81.60 | 0.00 |
| Tiscali UK | 80.95 | 0.79 |
| Opal Telecom | 80.80 | 0.00 |
| The Cloud | 79.78 | 62.92 |
| Direct Save Telecom | 78.12 | 0.00 |
| Eurotel | 77.78 | 0.00 |
| 3 | 76.98 | 3.97 |
| Mobestar | 75.20 | 45.60 |
| Level 3 Communications | 74.02 | 0.00 |
| COLT | 71.65 | 0.79 |
| Geo | 61.42 | 0.00 |
| Velofone | 57.95 | 0.00 |
| Azzurri Communications | 54.00 | 0.00 |
| PageOne Communications | 53.17 | 0.00 |
| BT Ireland | 52.00 | 0.00 |
| Bailey Teswaine | 51.61 | 0.00 |
| Motorola | 51.59 | 0.00 |
| VSNL Telecommunications UK | 49.60 | 43.20 |
| Dial-a-Phone | 48.80 | 0.80 |
| Your Communications | 48.15 | 1.85 |
| first:telecom | 47.37 | 0.00 |
| Phones 4u | 42.52 | 0.00 |
| Arqiva | 36.80 | 0.00 |
| NEG Telecom | 36.54 | 0.00 |
| Windsor Telecom | 31.20 | 0.00 |
| The Number 118 118 | 29.27 | 0.00 |
| Virgin Media | 27.78 | 0.00 |
| Verizon Business UK | 27.34 | 0.00 |
| Orange | 25.60 | 0.00 |
| Pipex Communications | 25.60 | 0.00 |
| ECI Telecom | 13.39 | 0.00 |
| FLAG Telecom | 12.80 | 0.00 |
| Vislink | 12.24 | 0.00 |
| ISIS Telecom | 10.19 | 0.00 |
| STL Communications | 8.06 | 0.00 |
| Damovo | 8.00 | 0.80 |
| Ericsson | 7.14 | 0.00 |
| Viatel | 5.88 | 0.00 |
| Bango | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| Euphony Communications | 5.56 | 0.00 |
| Spectrum Interactive | 4.80 | 0.00 |
| Cisco Systems | 4.76 | 0.00 |
| Affiniti | 3.91 | 0.00 |
| 4D Telecom | 3.45 | 0.00 |
| Telecom Plus | 3.17 | 0.00 |
| Global Crossing | 3.12 | 0.00 |
| Vodafone | 2.36 | 0.00 |
| Invomo | 2.27 | 0.00 |
| NDS Group | 1.60 | 3.20 |
| AQL | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Cable & Wireless | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Carphone Warehouse Group | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Sky Blue Telecom | 1.11 | 0.00 |
| Netsize | 0.83 | 0.00 |
| Boltblue | 0.80 | 0.80 |
| Adam Phones | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Avaya UK | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| Callserve Communications | 0.79 | 0.00 |
| Maintel Holdings | 0.00 | 0.78 |
| A-Novo | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ANT Software | 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 |
| 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 |
| Flexphone | 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 |
| Mason Communications | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mediaburst | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| National Grid Wireless | 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 |
| Toucan Telecom | 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
- MLL Telecom
- NEG Telecom
- Sense Internet
- Telspec
- THUS
- Verizon Business UK
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- A-Novo
- Alpha Telecom
- Alternative Networks
- ANT Software
- Avonline
- AVST
- Cellcast
- Dynmark International
- EDCommunications
- Eircom
- Elite Mobile
- Eurolink Telecom
- Flexphone
- Genesys Conferencing
- IDN Telecom
- IDT Europe
- Jersey Telecom
- Mason Communications
- Mediaburst
- National Grid Wireless
- Nokia
- SITA Networks
- Spirent
- Spitfire Technology Group
- Telecom Direct
- THUS
- Toucan Telecom
- Vanco
- VarTec & TalkTalk Direct
- OneBill Telecom
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- 20:20 Mobile
- Dextra Solutions
- European Telecom
- Hi-Port Telecom
- Hypertag
- KCOM Group
- KN Network Services
- Premier Communications
- Refresh Mobile
- Telsphere
PDF testing
20.6% 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 |
36.84% |
| file/url/badpath None |
32.48% |
| file/url/offtop None |
7.79% |
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
6.40% |
| url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
3.63% |
| file/html/badmeta None |
3.43% |
| url/mail/exception Exception while verifying email address |
1.59% |
| url/mail/badsmtp Mail server returned unexpected response |
1.47% |
| file/html/notitle None |
1.35% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
1.25% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
31.87% |
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
31.87% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
11.73% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
8.01% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
6.28% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
3.52% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
3.05% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
1.72% |
| file/html/unnecessaryclose An end tag was found for an element which does not require one |
0.82% |
| file/html/repeatedattr A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once |
0.57% |