Cox, Cablevision Switch Places in Netflix's April U.S. ISP Speed Rankings

Cox Communications and Cablevision’s Optimum switched spots on Netflix’s U.S. ISP speed index, which respectively ranked them as the No. 2 and No. 3 ISPs on the April index, released Monday. Cox’s average speed rose to 3.49 Mbps in April, up from 3.43 Mbps in March and 2.9 Mbps a year ago. Cablevision’s Optimum also saw its average speed rise to 3.48 Mbps from 3.46 Mbps in March and 3 Mbps a year ago. Verizon FiOS retained the No. 1 spot on the April index with an average speed of 3.55 Mbps, while Bright House remained in fourth place with an average of 3.46 Mbps. AT&T’s DSL service and CenturyLink both rose two spots on the April index to Nos. 11 and 12, while Windstream dropped three spots to No. 14. Bell Canada remained the top ISP on Netflix’s Canada ISP index with an average speed of 3.64 Mbps. Netflix said it now ranks the speeds of ISPs in 29 nations, having added measurements for Australia and New Zealand in April.