TrueNet rates bank website performance
BNZ fastest, ANZ slowest.
Independent company TrueNet, recently appointed the Commerce Commission's second broadband tester, has rated the download performance of New Zealand banks.
All data refers to a 24-hour survey between the 26th and 27th March 2012.
With a comparison across a range of ISPs, TrueNet tested download times using the main pages of the major banks, and compared these with Trade Me's front page at the time. Our findings then overlay the comparison of performance between the sites, with the performance across the ISPs.
Unfortunately, we were unable to test from the ASB because our technology currently does not enable downloads of secure pages, and ASB has a secure main page. (TrueNet principal John Butt told NBR, "Secure downloads is a feature that required a significantly higher capacity on our probe than it contains to manage the standard WGET command with SSL. We are in the process of upgrading the software to enable such tests, but we have not completed the process.)
We expect to include the ASB next time
TrueNet test results show that the BNZ and National Bank websites enable very fast download times (a lower score is better).
When Epitiro comparde ISPs' ability to download the front pages of each website, Vodafone and TelestraClear Cable were by far the quickest.
Most people have one ISP and one Bank, TrueNet looked for a way to present this information so that readers can view the performance between their bank and their ISP.
We hope this 3D method is helpful. It shows that some Bank-ISP combinations are particularly slow or quick compared with similar ISP downloads, eg Kiwibank-TelstraClear DSL is very slow and Kiwibank-TelstraClear Cable is very quick compared to other Kiwibank downloads.
The publication of this information is provided as an interest only report to showcase another of a range of test results that TrueNet is able to deliver.
NBR staff
Fri, 30 Mar 2012
Fri, 30 Mar 2012
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TrueNet rates bank website performance
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