Spanish banks closed for online business

During the 6 November 2005 - 5 January 2006 period, WatchMouse tested the websites of the major Spanish banks. Every 5 minutes, one of the test stations of WatchMouse retrieved the homepage of the site, without graphics, frames etc. This HTML page was expected to download within 8 seconds, without any errors. If that time was exceeded or if an error occurred, it was verified by one of the other test stations. If this station also established an error, it was counted as 'poor availability or not available'.

An uptime of 99.99% or higher is extremely desirable for high-profile companies and those that achieve high turnovers through their sites. Many companies stipulate an uptime of 99.9% as a minimum requirement in the Service Level Agreement with their IT department or provider. An uptime below 99% is usually regarded as unacceptable. In the table below these limits are indicated with colours.

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# Website Uptime percentage Downtime per month
1. Bbva (login page) 100.00 0 minutes
2. La Caja De Canarias (home page) 99.98 9 minutes
3. Caixa Catalunya (home page) 99.98 9 minutes
4. Caja De Ahorros Del Mediterrneo (home page) 99.98 9 minutes
5. Banco Zaragozano (business) 99.97 13 minutes
6. Banco Zaragozano (login page) 99.97 13 minutes
7. Caja Sur (home page) 99.94 27 minutes
8. Caixa Catalunya (login page) 99.94 27 minutes
9. Banco Zaragozano (home page) 99.94 27 minutes
10. La Caixa (home page) 99.94 27 minutes
11. Caja Extremadura (login page) 99.93 31 minutes
12. Ibercaja (login page) 99.92 36 minutes
13. Citybank (home page) 99.92 36 minutes
14. La Caixa (business) 99.92 36 minutes
15. Banco Santander: (login page) 99.92 36 minutes
16. Bankoa (home page) 99.92 36 minutes
17. Caixa Altea (home page) 99.90 45 minutes
18. Caja De Ahorros De Murcia (home page) 99.90 45 minutes
19. Caja Espaa (home page) 99.90 45 minutes
20. La Caixa (login page) 99.89 49 minutes
21. Citybank (login page) 99.89 49 minutes
22. Caja Cantabria (home page) 99.88 54 minutes
23. Banco Gallego (login page) 99.88 54 minutes
24. Uno-E (home page) 99.88 54 minutes
25. Banco Gallego (home page) 99.87 58 minutes
26. Banesto (home page) 99.86 1 hour, 2 minutes
27. Deutsche Bank (login page) 99.85 1 hour, 7 minutes
28. Bbk (home page) 99.83 1 hour, 16 minutes
29. Openbank (home page) 99.81 1 hour, 25 minutes
30. Bancaja (home page) 99.78 1 hour, 38 minutes
31. Banca March (home page) 99.78 1 hour, 38 minutes
32. Caja Madrid (home page) 99.78 1 hour, 38 minutes
33. Caja Sur (login page) 99.78 1 hour, 38 minutes
34. Caja Extremadura (home page) 99.77 1 hour, 43 minutes
35. Banco Santander: (business) 99.77 1 hour, 43 minutes
36. Unicaja (home page) 99.76 1 hour, 47 minutes
37. Unicaja (login page) 99.75 1 hour, 52 minutes
38. Caja De Ahorros De Castilla La Mancha (home page) 99.75 1 hour, 52 minutes
39. Kutxa (login page) 99.74 1 hour, 56 minutes
40. Bankinter (home page) 99.74 1 hour, 56 minutes
41. Banco Sabadell (login page) 99.73 2 hours, 1 minute
42. Activo Bank (home page) 99.71 2 hours, 9 minutes
43. Caja De Ahorros Del Mediterrneo (login page) 99.69 2 hours, 18 minutes
44. Banco Atlntico (login page) 99.69 2 hours, 18 minutes
45. Activobank (home page) 99.69 2 hours, 18 minutes
46. Caja Madrid (login page) 99.68 2 hours, 23 minutes
47. Banco Herrero (home page) 99.68 2 hours, 23 minutes
48. Banco Atlntico (home page) 99.64 2 hours, 41 minutes
49. Caja Madrid (business) 99.61 2 hours, 54 minutes
50. Banco Sabadell (home page) 99.60 2 hours, 59 minutes
51. Deutsche Bank (home page) 99.54 3 hours, 25 minutes
52. Banco Guipuzcoano (home page) 99.53 3 hours, 30 minutes
53. Banco Santander: (home page) 99.52 3 hours, 34 minutes
54. Bbva (home page) 99.45 4 hours, 6 minutes
55. Caja Duero (home page) 99.42 4 hours, 19 minutes
56. Banca March (login page) 99.42 4 hours, 19 minutes
57. Caixa Galicia (login page) 99.40 4 hours, 28 minutes
58. Bbk (login page) 99.36 4 hours, 46 minutes
59. Caja De Ahorros De Navarra Login (login page) 99.34 4 hours, 55 minutes
60. Banco De Andalucia (login page) 99.33 4 hours, 59 minutes
61. Caja San Fernando (home page) 99.29 5 hours, 17 minutes
62. Banesto (login page) 99.29 5 hours, 17 minutes
63. Caja De Ahorros De Navarra (home page) 99.27 5 hours, 26 minutes
64. Caja Rural (home page) 99.19 6 hours, 2 minutes
65. Banco De Castilla (home page) 99.19 6 hours, 2 minutes
66. Banco De Valencia (home page) 99.18 6 hours, 6 minutes
67. Banco De Galicia (home page) 99.17 6 hours, 11 minutes
68. Caja Rural (login page) 99.16 6 hours, 15 minutes
69. Banco Crdito Balear (home page) 99.15 6 hours, 19 minutes
70. Ibercaja (home page) 99.13 6 hours, 28 minutes
71. Banco De Andalucia (home page) 99.10 6 hours, 42 minutes
72. Banco Popular (home page) 99.04 7 hours, 9 minutes
73. Cajastur (home page) 99.02 7 hours, 17 minutes
74. Banco Urquijo (home page) 98.89 8 hours, 16 minutes
75. La Caja De Canarias (login page) 98.80 8 hours, 56 minutes
76. Banco De Valencia (login page) 98.63 10 hours, 12 minutes
77. Ing.Direct (home page) 98.57 10 hours, 38 minutes
78. Banesto (business) 98.43 11 hours, 41 minutes
79. Kutxa home (home page) 97.88 15 hours, 46 minutes
80. Banco Pastor (home page) 97.74 16 hours, 49 minutes
81. Barclays (home page) 97.70 17 hours, 7 minutes
82. Banco Pastor (login page) 97.69 17 hours, 11 minutes
83. Banco Pastor (business) 97.66 17 hours, 25 minutes
84. Caixa Altea (login page) 97.32 19 hours, 56 minutes
85. Barclays (business) 97.16 21 hours, 8 minutes
86. Barclays (login page) 97.03 22 hours, 6 minutes
87. Banco Urquijo (business) 96.52 1 day, 1 hour, 53 minutes
88. Banco Urquijo (login page) 96.40 1 day, 2 hours, 47 minutes
89. Caja Cantabria (login page) 89.68 3 days, 4 hours, 47 minutes

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