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Although Verizon FiOS retained top honors as the speediest major U.S. ISP according to performance tests conducted by Netflix, Canada’s Bell (BCE) Fibe Internet squeezed past Google Fiber as North America’s top performing ISP for the streaming video provider.
Bell’s fiber optic network delivered an average Netflix stream at 3.64Mbps, compared with 3.63Mbps for Google Fiber. Also performing exceptionally well, Grande Communications, EPB Fiber, CDE Lightband, and Midcontinent Communications. Cox turned in a significant improvement, up from 3.11Mbps last November. But many of Canada’s ISPs outperformed their American counterparts, particularly Bell Aliant, MTS, and Quebec’s Vidéotron.
Globally, both Canada and the United States were embarrassed by better average speeds in the United Kingdom (3.42Mbps) and Switzerland (4.04Mbps). Dragging down the U.S. and Canada are underperforming cable companies, DSL, and slow wireless. Clearwire was the worst performer overall, but telephone company DSL services from AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, Windstream, CenturyLink and FairPoint were also dismal performers.
A complete listing of ISPs rated by Netflix for the month of April in the United States and Canada follows:
CANADA
Clearwire is still a company?! O,o
Probably cause they have a Monopoly in a few Places to stay in Business.
No, I was soo done with Bell because they are providing me the slowest internet speed which I really do not appreciate. Their internet is fastest at 5 Mbps and I love Rogers the best. I pay $70 dollars for Rogers ignite 100u internet and it is very fast and powerful during rush hours and peak hours. I have 14 devices in my home and soon, the number of devices could go up to 16 by end of this year because I’m in need of AirTame. 100 Mbps is most powerful in tomorrow’s standards unlike bell fibe.
Is that DSL? Rogers has good speed but for years they had bad caps. Now you can skip those. It looks like while we’re getting reprieve from the caps the Americans are getting screwed like we were before.
Surprise, surprise, Frontier is number 51. Can anyone even use Netflix on Frontier DSL in West Virginia? My night speed drops to around 150kbps. I can barely read my email.