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 Houston
Texas based Rent2Own unveiled their updated web presence at
www.rent2own.com. The
site, designed by
Imagery
Marketing Consultants, is easy on the eyes, uncomplicated,
and a lesson in doing more with less. The site is about 11 pages
but everything a potential customer needs is easy to find.
We especially liked the use of a horizontal scroll in the
product section.
The company's latest commercial is available online, and
interior shots of, what appears to be a grand opening, are
available.
The only downside is speed. The site is image intensive and
rather slow loading on the first visit, especially on a dialup
connection. Rent2.own.com exceeded 30 seconds at 56kbps. The
table below compares estimated time taken to load the homepages
of 3 RTO sites at various connection speeds.
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Connection Speed |
Download Time Comparison |
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www.rent2own.com |
www.rentone-rto.com |
www.rentway.com |
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14.4Kbps |
143.23 seconds |
79.53 seconds |
64.67 seconds |
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28.8Kbps |
72.62 seconds |
40.76 seconds |
33.33 seconds |
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56Kbps |
37.93 seconds |
21.72 seconds |
17.94 seconds |
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ISDN (128Kbps) |
17.89 seconds |
10.72 seconds |
9.05 seconds |
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T1 (1.44 Mbps) |
3.41 seconds |
2.78 seconds |
2.63 seconds |
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speeds measured by netmechanic |
Overall, despite the slow loading, Rent2Own.com is a pleasure
to visit.
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RTO Online is the official channel for Rent-to-Own Industry News and the
only independent source of news for the rent-to-own, rental-purchase,
lease-purchase trade. RTO Online (Rent to Own Online) represents the choice
of the entire RTO Industry for trusted information, as it happens. |
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