October 7, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — British Telecom (bt.com) and DellHost were the most reliable Web hosting company sites in the month of September, according to research and analysis firm Netcraft.
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Netcraft?s survey ranked reliability by the total number of failed requests, with measurements being taken from five different points.
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A total of 53 Web hosting company sites were considered in the study.
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Out of 2976 requests made to the British Telecom site, only one failed; while for DellHost, only two requests failed.
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British Telecom topping the rankings in September was the first time a site running on the Windows platform had been ranked number one, Netcraft reported.
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European sites accounted for four out of the top ten most reliable sites despite four out of five measurement points originating from within the United States.
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The survey also found that three of the top six sites were running on Windows platforms. Seven out of the top thirteen ran on FreeBSD.
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Komplex.net, uswest.net, about.com and Interland.com placed third through sixth in the rankings. Above.net, xlink.net, schlund.de and ipower.net rounded out the top ten.
