Netflix has updated their rankings of ISP Netflix streaming performance with October data. The Netflix ISP Speed Index pulls data from more than 37 million Netflix members viewing over 1 billion hours of TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix per month. The listed speeds reflect the average performance of all Netflix streams on each ISP's network and "are an indicator of the performance typically experienced across all users on an ISP network," insists Netflix.

Netflix says that September is the first rankings since the company made their Super HD and 3D streams available to all ISPs. Previously, Netflix only offered that content to ISPs who joined their Open Connect content delivery network.

Netflix has taken criticism for the rankings by companies like Sandvine, who have stated they're rather worthless since rankings are impacted by CDN partnerships.

As some readers also like to point out, the rankings don't reflect that many subscribers only subscribe to the speeds they can afford -- not necessarily the fastest connections their ISP can offer.

In terms of actual ISP pole positions, there's only some minor shake ups, with DSL providers (and Clearwire) still stumbling around the bottom of the data pile. Netflix shifted their attention from 24/7 performance to average prime time streaming performance, causing Verizon FiOS to fall from fifth place to seventh place behind Time Warner Cable (neither company is a Netflix CDN partner).