Latest Netflix report shows AT&T Fiber is slower than DSL from others
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 04/28/2014 06:33 AM [ Comments ]
Last week Netflix announced earning but in that press release was some interesting reading for everyone regarding speeds from various internet providers.
“Our long-term ISP performance index shows some positive data, and some surprising data, particularly
in the U.S. The positive is that Comcast is providing a much improved Netflix experience to their
broadband subscribers, and now nearly all cable Internet households receive great quality Internet
video. The surprising news is that AT&T fiber-based U-verse has lower performance than many DSL ISPs,
such as Frontier, CenturyLink & Windstream. This reinforces our view that connectivity to the broader
Internet is critical to the quality of experience consumers receive. The 249 customer comments on
AT&T’s anti-Netflix blog post indicate that AT&T customers expect a good quality Netflix experience
given how much they pay AT&T for their Internet service. It is free and easy for AT&T to interconnect
directly with Netflix and quickly improve their customers’ experience, should AT&T so desire. “
Personally, as someone using Netflix and U-Verse I have noticed some pretty slow load times; something to think about.
Here's the graph from Netflix:
in the U.S. The positive is that Comcast is providing a much improved Netflix experience to their
broadband subscribers, and now nearly all cable Internet households receive great quality Internet
video. The surprising news is that AT&T fiber-based U-verse has lower performance than many DSL ISPs,
such as Frontier, CenturyLink & Windstream. This reinforces our view that connectivity to the broader
Internet is critical to the quality of experience consumers receive. The 249 customer comments on
AT&T’s anti-Netflix blog post indicate that AT&T customers expect a good quality Netflix experience
given how much they pay AT&T for their Internet service. It is free and easy for AT&T to interconnect
directly with Netflix and quickly improve their customers’ experience, should AT&T so desire. “
Personally, as someone using Netflix and U-Verse I have noticed some pretty slow load times; something to think about.
Here's the graph from Netflix:
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