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Netflix Ranks ISP Speeds

Posted by Soulskill on from the what-would-they-know-about-transferring-data dept.

Carnth writes "Netflix will start releasing monthly ISP speed reports for the U.S. Google Fiber ranks at the top. They say, 'Broadly, cable shows better than DSL. AT&T U-verse, which is a hybrid fiber-DSL service, shows quite poorly compared to Verizon Fios, which is pure fiber. Charter moved down two positions since October. Verizon mobile has 40% higher performance than AT&T mobile.' Hopefully this will give consumers a better overall picture on how their ISP performs compared to others."

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  1. Only ranks major ISPs by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's plenty of smaller ISPs that get better speeds than many of these providers. Would have been nice to see them on the list along with the heavyweights.

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    1. Re:Only ranks major ISPs by Black+LED · · Score: 5, Informative

      You might be interested in Net Index. It's run by the guys who run Speedtest.net. You can look at various ISP rankings by regions.

    2. Re:Only ranks major ISPs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      the problem with comcasts service is that the netops side is not one unified force. the company is basically a big conglomeration of local markets all marketed under the same brand. how things are done in one market can be radically different than the way things are done in another market. the backbone and the connections to it are wonderfully run, but the closer you get to the edge of the network, the levels of quality start to vary based on how the local markets operate. they have a great deal of autonomy and as long as they make their numbers, they don't get bothered.

      (posting AC as im currently a comcast netops monkey, and the internet never forgets)