A system for internet performance monitoring and analysis includes at least one agent connected to a computer network and adapted to collect the object-level data and to measure the access parameters while the collection of the object-level data occurs. Appreciably, the system may a plurality of agents located at distributed points throughout a global computer network. Each agent is adapted to collect the object level data and to measure access parameters while the collection of the object-level data occurs. The collective measurements when taken at different points throughout the network provide functional tools to assess the distribution of the remotely readable documents.