Top retailers vary widely in dial-up access

Despite the fact that dial-up web access has been around for years and many households still use their telephone and a modem to connect to the Internet, how fast shoppers can access a top 50 retail site remains inconsistent.

In fact, according to Gomez Inc., the dial-up site availability average of the web’s Top 50 retailers in January can vary by as much as 60%.

The retail sites with the highest site availability rate when the site is accessed by a dial-up connection included Peapod, Netflix, Avon, Office Max, Zappos, Dell, Eddie Bauer, Drugstore.com, Office Depot, Nordstrom and HSN.com.

At the other end of the Gomez January index, Target was followed by Newegg, Gap, Target, SonyStyle, Tiger Direct, and Buy.com.

Top 50 Performance Index: Site Response Time  Januaryr 1, 2006 - February 1, 2006 Response Time (seconds) Site Dial Up Low              Broadband High             Broadband Peapod 38.86 7.27 4.48 Netflix 40.11 9.71 4.49 Avon 44.27 11.91 4.45 Office Max 44.66 10.16 4.52 Zappos 45.82 5.94 2.70 Dell 46.65 7.79 3.70 Eddie Bauer 47.71 10.07 4.26 Drugstore.com 48.10 8.76 4.44 Office Depot 48.12 9.36 4.23 Nordstrom 48.91 11.32 6.33 Home Shopping Network 48.96 10.50 4.39 QVC.com 49.03 10.64 4.42 Coldwater Creek Inc. 49.80 8.99 4.59 JC Penney 49.99 10.82 4.87 Quixtar 50.42 11.48 5.46 Blue Nile 51.33 9.86 5.25 Scholastic 400 Online Sales: Growth: See More 1000 Online Sales: Growth: See More Previous 1 2 3 Next Next in Retail Chains: Walmart.com Comments Sign In to Make a Comment Comments are moderated by Internet Retailer and can be removed. leave this field blank to prove your humanity Username * Password * Forgot Password? Sign In » Advertisement Today's News Most Popular / VENDOR_ROOT Fighting for the Buy box on Amazon With a new pricing tool, retailers are finding ways to win more sales. / E-Retailers Shipping from stores drives $9 million worth of Q1 sales for Urban Outfitters Using stores to fulfill web orders helped Urban Outfitters bring in nearly $9 million in ... / Technology Stores challenge swipe fees again Retailers file an antitrust suit that challenges a settlement Visa and MasterCard agreed to earlier. / E-Retailers Big and getting bigger The Top 10 merchants accounted for 52% of all 2012 Top 500 sales. See All Headlines / Technology Same-day delivery, now from Google The search giant tests quick shipments in the San Francisco area. 1 / E-Retailers Several major retailers grow online sales faster than Amazon in Q4 Fifteen retailers reported faster web growth than Amazon in late 2012. 2 / Technology Online fraud costs e-retailers $3.5 billion in 2012 CyberSource’s annual report notes an average fraud rate of .9% of online revenue. 3 / E-Retailers eBay expects to generate $300 billion in commerce by 2015 It also projects its revenue to grow more than 50% to $21.5 billion by 2015. 4 See All Headlines Advertisement Previous Next See All Guides Advertisement Relevant Commentary Bill Siwicki / Focus on Mobile Commerce Amazon Phone rumors reach a boiling point Will Amazon take on Apple in a hardware war? Posted 05/10/13 10:43 AM Post a comment Stefany Moore / E-Retailer Watch Top 500 Twitter trivia As a thank you, we’re giving away free Top 500 Guides starting Mon., May 13. ... Posted 05/08/13 11:15 AM Post a comment Advertisement Marketing Affiliate Marketing E-mail Marketing International Marketing Merchandising and Design Online Marketplaces Search Engine Marketing Search Engine Optimization Site Search Technology Mobile Commerce Content Management Customer Service E-commerce Platforms E-Payments & Security Fulfillment/Delivery Marketing Technology Order Management E-Retailers Catalogers Consumer-brand Manufacturers Retail Chains Web-only Top 500 Financials Newsmakers Top 400 Europe Trends & Data Sales Marketing Consumers Web Technologies E-Retailer Statistics Commentary Internet Diary E-Commerce Observer E-Retailer Watch Focus on Mobile Commerce Ask the Expert Guides Top 500 Guide Second 500 Guide Europe 300 Guide Mobile 400 Search Marketing E-Commerce Technology Web Site Design & Usability Hot 100 Guide Connect with IR Twitter Facebook Contact Us Submit a News Tip Submit a Press Release Feedback About Us Advertise Contact Us Free Subscriptions FAQs Privacy Policy Terms of Use Sitemap Mobile Version RSS Copyright © 2013 This content is the property of Vertical Web Media ABOUT TRUST ONLINE !True! Internet Retailer “ To skip, click the "Continue to Site" link to the right. ” — Internet Retailer Continue to site Advertisement Module: welcome_ad Error: No module named welcome_ad