June 2, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Italian Web hosting provider Seeweb.it (seeweb.it) has the most reliable Web hosting company Web site, according to monthly data published by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com). Jumpline.com (jumpline.com), which topped last month’s list, came in second followed by Dellhost (dellhost.com) in third. Hostway (hostway.com), iPowerWeb (ipowerweb.com), myhosting.com (myhosting.com) and Pair Networks (pair.com) occupied positions four through seven, while About.com (about.com), 1and1 (www.oneandone.com) and Cee-Kay (cee-kay.net) rounded out the top 10. According to Netcraft, seeweb.it recorded a failed request rate of 0.04 percent. Jumpline followed closely with 0.05 percent and Dellhost, Hostway, iPowerWeb, myhosting.com and Pair Networks all recorded 0.06 percent rates.
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Netcraft’s data showed that four of the top ten sites ran Linux and FreeBSD, while two others (myhosting.com and Dellhost) ran on Windows platforms.
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Netcraft’s data is based on measurements of 50 leading Web hosting company Web sites for the month of May. The performance measurements are made every fifteen minutes from four separate points around the Internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24-hour period.
