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Industry benchmark report

Our sectors cover every area of Internet usage in the UK from accountancy to utilities and include non-commercial sites from the government and non-profit sectors. Each sector contains results from at least ten websites, so that you can see a representative average performance at dial-up speed.

To see a list of who is in the sectors click on the sector name in the table below.

Data for Sun 11 May 2008
Sector Name Average No. of Failures Average Download Time
AccountancyNone27.4 seconds
AerospaceNone23.1 seconds
Automotive1 times (< 1 min)25.9 seconds
CharitiesNone27.4 seconds
Computer ServicesNone19.3 seconds
Computer Software1 times (1 mins)30.4 seconds
Consultancy (not Computer)1 times (< 1 min)29.2 seconds
DirectoriesNone15.1 seconds
Distribution1 times (2 mins)23.1 seconds
EducationNone19.3 seconds
Financial ServicesNone30.1 seconds
Government1 times (< 1 min)24.1 seconds
HealthNone22.3 seconds
InternetNone44.5 seconds
Legal1 times (< 1 min)25.4 seconds
Leisure1 times (< 1 min)27.1 seconds
ManufacturingNone26.9 seconds
Marketing & AdvertisingNone19.6 seconds
MediaNone38.9 seconds
Membership OrganisationsNone21.1 seconds
PortalsNone30.2 seconds
Property1 times (< 1 min)29.1 seconds
RecruitmentNone23.5 seconds
Retail1 times (< 1 min)51.0 seconds
Telecoms1 times (1 mins)45.4 seconds
Travel1 times (1 mins)29.2 seconds
UtilitiesNone28.6 seconds
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