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64.5% of the 31 Telecomsites we tested run a managed anti-bot or WAF. That is a homepage-level reading — the listing, search, and account pages people actually scrape are usually more protected.
Vendors in this category
| Site | Protected | Anti-bot / WAF |
|---|---|---|
| airtel.in | Open | — |
| att.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| au.com | Open | — |
| bell.ca | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| boostmobile.com | Open | — |
| bt.com | Protected | Imperva (Incapsula) |
| centurylink.com | Open | — |
| cox.com | Protected | Imperva (Incapsula) |
| cricketwireless.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| docomo.ne.jp | Open | — |
| ee.co.uk | Protected | Imperva (Incapsula) |
| fast.com | Open | — |
| highspeedinternet.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| jio.com | Open | — |
| mintmobile.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| o2.co.uk | Open | — |
| opensignal.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| optus.com.au | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| orange.com | Open | — |
| rogers.com | Open | — |
| sky.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| softbank.jp | Open | — |
| spectrum.com | Open | — |
| speedtest.net | Protected | Cloudflare |
| sprint.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| t-mobile.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| telefonica.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| telekom.de | Open | — |
| telstra.com.au | Open | — |
| telus.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| three.co.uk | Open | — |
| tracfone.com | Protected | Imperva (Incapsula) |
| verizon.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| virginmedia.com | Open | — |
| vodafone.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| xfinity.com | Protected | Unidentified WAF / bot protection |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 960 reachable top sites, 55.6% are protected).