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ColdwaterCreek.com posts the most consistent dial-up availability in June

Web site availability dropped slightly for big web retailers in June. Web shoppers could access a top 50 retail site with a high broadband connection an average of 98.58% of the time. That availability compares with an average of 95.18% for a low broadband connection and 80.70% for dial-up, says Gomez Inc.

The retailer with the best dial-up success rate in June was ColdwaterCreek.com at 94.53%. Newegg.com and ColdwaterCreek.com had the most consistent high and low broadband availability in June at 99.57% and 96.64%, respectively.

Top 50 Web Site Performance Index: Availability
June 01 , 2008 - June 30 , 2008

Availability (%)

Rank	Retailer	Dial Up	Low Broadband	High Broadband
1	Newegg	90.49	95.83	99.57
2	QVC	92.08	96.34	99.55
3	Zappos	92.24	96.37	99.46
4	Coldwater Creek	94.53	96.64	99.45
	Costco	77.55	95.98	99.45
6	Overstock	91.42	96.27	99.43
7	J. C. Penney	90.50	96.85	99.41
8	Dell	95.56	96.29	99.40
	Office Depot	93.99	96.41	99.40
10	Chadwicks	89.80	95.65	99.38
11	Quixtar	88.72	95.72	99.36
12	L. L. Bean	76.94	96.14	99.35
13	Macys Store	90.18	96.15	99.34
	Staples	81.95	95.99	99.34
15	Saks Fifth Avenue	84.99	96.30	99.32
16	Drugstore	90.10	96.34	99.30
17	Victorias Secret	84.46	96.00	99.29
18	Buy.com	85.35	95.96	99.28
19	Circuit City Home	88.11	95.76	99.27
	FTD	79.04	95.28	99.27
	Musicians Friend	65.16	95.95	99.27
	Nordstrom	91.77	96.22	99.27
23	Sony Style	83.77	95.82	99.26
24	Barnes & Noble	85.42	95.81	99.23
	Blue Nile	90.54	96.22	99.23
26	Sears	76.51	96.37	99.22
27	The Home Depot	86.93	96.01	99.17
	Williams-Sonoma	89.72	95.34	99.17
29	Wal-Mart	65.64	95.24	99.12
30	OfficeMax	81.06	95.15	99.10
31	Netflix	75.24	96.37	99.09
32	HSN	78.11	96.02	99.08
33	Best Buy	87.21	95.72	99.06
	Neiman Marcus	82.84	95.94	99.06
35	Avon Shopping	90.86	96.34	99.02
36	1-800 Flowers	68.58	95.05	98.99
37	Peapod	80.41	96.10	98.98
	Target	56.25	94.73	98.98
39	HP Shopping	68.23	96.12	98.97
40	Amazon	74.67	95.55	98.84
	Oriental Trading	49.29	94.98	98.84
42	CDW	79.60	95.05	98.80
43	PC Connection	89.38	95.16	98.75
44	Gap	37.79	92.19	98.73
	Benchmark Average	80.70	95.18	98.58
45	Scholastic	90.84	94.91	98.55
46	Footlocker	76.92	95.13	98.40
47	Apple Store	69.04	93.45	98.20
48	Tiger Direct	86.35	94.92	97.63
49	CompUSA	85.21	93.80	96.79
50	Toys R Us	33.88	70.85	74.47

All data for this report is collected by the Gomez Last Mile network,

30 times an hour from Dial Up, Low and High Broadband users across

the United States, 24 hours a day except between 3AM to 6AM EDT.

Availability is determined by the percentage of tests that fail to

correctly load.

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