Cox Keeps Top Spot in July Netflix ISP Speed Index

The top three broadband providers on the Netflix U.S. ISP Speed Index in July maintained their respective positions from the June rankings, with Cox in first at an average streaming speed of 3.62 Mbps, followed by Cablevision Optimum and Verizon FiOS, the video streaming service said in a Monday blog post. Charter jumped two spots and is now in fourth place, bumping Comcast down to No. 5. Suddenlink dropped two spots to seventh, while Time Warner Cable climbed one position to No. 8. Frontier, Windstream, CenturyLink, Verizon DSL and Clearwire rounded out the bottom half of the list of major ISPs. Bell Canada Fiber Optic took the top spot on the July Canadian index with an average speed of 3.73 Mbps. MTS Fiber Optic finished in the second spot for the month in Canada and Bell Aliant Fiber Optic finished third.