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Netflix Releases ISP Streaming Performance Rankings For November

Netflix today released their Netflix streaming ISP performance rankings for the month of November, which indicates that Verizon FiOS still tops the chart among large ISPs in the States (though Google Fiber tops the list among all ISPs, large and small). There's again only minor movement in the rankings, with Cox Communications dropping two spots and Comcast gaining two spots. Other companies like Suddenlink and Time Warner Cable dropped one place.

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As with previous months, DSL offerings from the likes of Verizon and CenturyLink consider their permanent residence at the bottom of the rankings, alongside Clearwire.

One difference this month? Netflix appears to have gotten more vocal about the interconnection deals. Netflix, Level3 and Cogent say large incumbent ISPs have intentionally let interconnection points congest to force Netflix to pay a premium to see even normal performance. These ISPs, in contrast, claim these are just ordinary run-of-the-mill peering debates.

"Certain ISPs -- Comcast, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and AT&T -- saw a significant increase in their average speeds only after Netflix met their demand for interconnection payments," said Netflix. "We continue to believe the long-term health of the Internet is at risk if ISPs can demand access fees from content providers simply to reach consumers already paying for Internet service."

Of course it appears that not all interconnection deals are equal. Companies like AT&T and Time Warner Cable have struggled in the rankings, despite striking the same interconnection deals as Verizon and Comcast. AT&T struck an interconnection deal with Netflix back in July, yet AT&T's U-verse service remains in tenth place among all larger ISPs.

Netflix notes that the average speed for the top 10 cable and fiber ISPs in the U.S. increased over 1 Mbps in the last year, rising from 2.03 Mbps last November to 3.07 Mbps today. Netflix states this is "in part because numerous ISPs including Cablevision, Cox and Charter increased their average speeds significantly without requiring additional payment to reach mutual customers," another swipe at the ISPs Netflix says it was forced to pay extra to connect to.

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