If you use Netflix in Canada, you’ll be interested in how your ISP stacks up. That’s because you’ll get a better viewing experience from an ISP that streams Netflix movies well. So to that end, Netflix has ranked Canadian ISPs with some surprising results. Shockingly, Bell Canada’s Fiber Optic network came out on top. What’s even more shocking is the fact that Rogers was dead last. Rogers finishing dead last was a shock to me because a couple of years ago they hired a third party to make sure that their network was the fastest around. Clearly that went sideways at some point. Thus it didn’t surprise me to see that Rogers responded to this via RedBoard:
Netflix’s test was done just before we virtually doubled Netflix capacity and we’ll continue to add more capacity as it’s needed. These results only apply to customers’ specific Netflix connection and not overall internet speeds.
Independent third party testing continues to show that Rogers offers top internet speeds.
That response sort of implies that they were throttling or somehow not giving Netfilx the bandwidth it needed. Curious.
Netflix will keep an eye on Canadian ISP’s going forward. Thus it will be interesting to see what the results are the the next time a ranking like this is done.
UPDATE: Clearly Rogers is sensitive about this as they sent me this statement:
Netflix’s test was done just before we virtually doubled Netflix capacity and we’ll continue to add more capacity as it’s needed. These results only apply to customers’ specific Netflix connection and not overall internet speeds.
Independent third party testing continues to show that Rogers offers top internet speeds, for example Ookla found that Rogers speeds are the fastest in Canada, Sam Knows, an independent leader in internet testing, found that Rogers customers get faster speeds than advertised even when the network is at its busiest. Also, PCMag.com recognized Rogers as the fastest overall in its Canada’s fastest Internet Service Provider review and YouTube has ranked Rogers as a top-quality network to deliver HD videos.
I’ve included the links to those studies below:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424462,00.asp
Samknows.com/rogers
http://www.netindex.com/download/2,7/Canada (link to OOKLA study, please scroll past the city results to see ISP)
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Netflix Ranks Canadian ISPs…. Bell Wins & Rogers Finishes Last [UPDATED]
If you use Netflix in Canada, you’ll be interested in how your ISP stacks up. That’s because you’ll get a better viewing experience from an ISP that streams Netflix movies well. So to that end, Netflix has ranked Canadian ISPs with some surprising results. Shockingly, Bell Canada’s Fiber Optic network came out on top. What’s even more shocking is the fact that Rogers was dead last. Rogers finishing dead last was a shock to me because a couple of years ago they hired a third party to make sure that their network was the fastest around. Clearly that went sideways at some point. Thus it didn’t surprise me to see that Rogers responded to this via RedBoard:
Netflix’s test was done just before we virtually doubled Netflix capacity and we’ll continue to add more capacity as it’s needed. These results only apply to customers’ specific Netflix connection and not overall internet speeds.
Independent third party testing continues to show that Rogers offers top internet speeds.
That response sort of implies that they were throttling or somehow not giving Netfilx the bandwidth it needed. Curious.
Netflix will keep an eye on Canadian ISP’s going forward. Thus it will be interesting to see what the results are the the next time a ranking like this is done.
UPDATE: Clearly Rogers is sensitive about this as they sent me this statement:
Netflix’s test was done just before we virtually doubled Netflix capacity and we’ll continue to add more capacity as it’s needed. These results only apply to customers’ specific Netflix connection and not overall internet speeds.
Independent third party testing continues to show that Rogers offers top internet speeds, for example Ookla found that Rogers speeds are the fastest in Canada, Sam Knows, an independent leader in internet testing, found that Rogers customers get faster speeds than advertised even when the network is at its busiest. Also, PCMag.com recognized Rogers as the fastest overall in its Canada’s fastest Internet Service Provider review and YouTube has ranked Rogers as a top-quality network to deliver HD videos.
I’ve included the links to those studies below:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424462,00.asp
Samknows.com/rogers
http://www.netindex.com/download/2,7/Canada (link to OOKLA study, please scroll past the city results to see ISP)
Hope this helps, let me know if you have any further questions
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