Taiwan, Israel, Portugal and Greece all recorded meaningful gains in September as Netflix released its latest ISP Speed Index.
Thailand’s 3BB and Hargray in the United States both increased their overall speeds with 3BB gaining 0.50 Mbps, increasing its average monthly speed to 3.49 Mbps, up from 2.99 Mbps in August. Hargray’s average speed increased to 3.37 Mbps, up from 2.81 Mbps last month.
The Netflix ISP Speed Index is a measure of primetime Netflix performance on a particular ISP.
In Taiwan, speeds climbed at FarEasTone, CNS KBT and Taiwan Mobile. FarEasTone’s monthly average increased to 2.58 Mbps (from 2.10 Mbps in August), CNS KBT’s speed increased to 3.56 Mbps (from 3.17 Mbps in August) and Taiwan Mobile’s speed increased to 2.19 Mbps (from 1.80 Mbps in August).
In Israel, speed gains at four ISPs helped Israel rise 12 spots to 20th in the streamer’s country rankings. Leading the pack was 099.net (0.42 Mbps gain to a 3.04 Mbps average), TripleC (0.40 Mbps gain to a 3.06 Mbps average), XFone (0.40 Mbps gain to a 3.00 Mbps average) and Netvision (0.34 Mbps gain to a 3.36 Mbps average).
In Portugal, cable operator NOS saw speeds climb by 0.40 Mbps to a monthly average of 3.47 Mbps and telco MEO’s speeds climbed by 0.31 Mbps to a 3.61 Mbps average for the month. These gains helped Portugal rise ten spots to 24th in the country rankings.
In Greece, speed gains at OTE (0.39 Mbps gain to a 2.97 Mbps average) and Cyta Hellas (0.33 Mbps gain to a 2.63 Mbps average) helped Greece climb five spots to 40th in the country rankings.
The country deemed to have the overall top speed is Switzerland at 4.28, followed by Belgium (4.09) and Luxembourg (3.87).
Netflix ISP Speed Index by Country (September 2017)