Top ISPs: Who we tested

The data that Network World uses for its Top ISP report is based on the performance of ISPs that subscribe to, or are tested by the Internet BenchMark service of eTesting Labs. The following ISPs were tested in May 2002.

For more information about the eTesting Labs Internet Benchmark Service, click here.

ISPs tested, May 2002
National Retail
AOL	AT&T WorldNet	CompuServe
EarthLink	Juno Web	MSN
Prodigy	Verizon-West (the former GTE.net)
Regional Retail
SBC Ameritech	BellSouth	SBC Pacific Bell
SBC Southwestern Bell	Qwest
Verizon-East (covers NY, VT, NH, Maine, MA, CT, RI, PA, NJ, DE, MD, WV and VA)
Business to Business
AT&T BIS	Genuity	McLeod USA
WorldCom (formerly UUNET and UUNET GridNet)		XO

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