As a category, specialty retailers provide the fastest site access

[mandy]

Specialty retailers provide customers with high broadband connections the fastest access to e-commerce sites, according to Gomez Inc.

Gomez’s index of the 50 largest web retailers notes that customers with a high broadband connection can visit a specialty retail site in about 4.9 seconds, compared to consumer products (5.1 seconds), apparel (5.1 seconds) computers/electronics (6.2 seconds) and mass merchants (6.4 seconds)...

Web site performance, specifically how often a retailing site remains online despite frequent heavy traffic, also remains a key benchmark of how successful retailers are in meeting customer expectations...

full article: http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=17180

[amy]

Web site performance, specifically how often a retailing site remains online despite frequent heavy traffic, also remains a key benchmark of how successful retailers are in meeting customer expectations...

I should forward that quote to Overstock.  :twistedevil:

[bargainbloodhound]

Overstock has proven over the past 1 1/2 years that they do not remain online on busy days.