Keynote Systems Announces New Index to Track Performance and
Availability of Online Brokerage Web Sites; Web Street, Waterhouse,
and Mr.Stock Lead the Results after the First Week
BW - 12:54 p.m. Dec 14, 1998 Eastern
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1998--Keynote
Systems, the recognized authority on Internet performance, today
announced a new public index to track the performance and availability
of online brokerage web sites, a leading and rapidly growing category
of e-commerce on the World Wide Web.
The 20 brokerage web sites and their measured average performance
(seconds to download the home page) and availability rates for the week
ending Dec. 11 are:Web Street -------------------- 2.97, 99.6%
Waterhouse -------------------- 3.28, 99.8%
Mr.Stock ---------------------- 3.96, 99.6%
National Discount (NYSE:NDB) -- 4.80, 99.3%
DLJdirect (NYSE:DLJ) ---------- 5.21, 98.9%
Sovereign --------------------- 5.83, 99.6%
CompuTEL ---------------------- 5.89, 97.3%
Scottrade --------------------- 6.60, 98.4%
Suretrade --------------------- 6.79, 99.2%
Fidelity ---------------------- 6.87, 98.0%
Dreyfus ----------------------- 6.91, 91.4%
Discover (NYSE:MWD) ----------- 7.57, 84.7%
Datek -------------------- 8.43, 96.1%
Keynote Web Brokerage Index --- 8.53, 96.8%
Quick & Reilly ---------------- 8.77, 98.7%
Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) ----- 10.15, 98.8%
Wang ------------------------- 10.87, 94.7%
First Flushing --------------- 11.90, 95.0%
American Express (NYSE:AXP) -- 12.12 ,97.6%
E*Trade (NASDAQ:EGRP) -------- 12.99, 92.8%
Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCH) ---- 26.70, 97.0% guide-p.infoseek.com
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