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India-government owned RailTel, a telecom infrastructure provider, has found its way into the Netflix ISP Speed Index list and figures in category two for the country-specific listings with an average speed of 3.4 Mbps.
The company, according to its website, provides broadband service (under brand name RailWire) through 61,000+ km optic fiber network running through exclusive right of way along railway tracks and has subscribers spread all over the country.
RailWire, conceived in 2008, is a community based broadband internet service provided by RailTel in partnership with more than 8000 communities in India.
Another government-owned telecom company, BSNL, lies at the bottom of the heap with 3.2 MBps speed in the Netflix list.
The Netflix ISP Speed Index is a measure of prime time Netflix performance on a particular ISP and not a measure of overall performance for other services or data that may travel across the specific ISP network. Faster Netflix performance generally means better picture quality, quicker start times and fewer interruptions.
The other Indian ISPs who share space with RailTel in the 3.4 Mbps speed category for the month of April include GTPL, Netplus Broadband, Syscon Infoway and YOU Broadband
Of course, the top category of ISPs who figure in the 3.6 Mbps speed index include the likes of 7 Star Digital, Airtel, Alliance BroadbandAtria Convergence Technologies, D-VoiS, Excitel Broadband, Hathway, Jio Giga Fiber, One Broadband and Tata Play Fiber.
Meanwhile, Netflix said in a statement two ISPs in other parts of the globe gained 0.4 Mbps in the month of April on the Netflix ISP Speed Index.
Just three countries were in the top performance tier for April: Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain all registered an average speed of 3.8 Mbps.
MWEB in South Africa and SK Broadband in South Korea both increased 0.4 Mbps, rising to 3.6 Mbps.
FPT Telecom and Viettel in Vietnam dropped 0.2 Mbps, falling to 3.0 and 2.8 Mbps, respectively. Two ISPs in Kuwait dropped 0.4 and 0.2 Mbps. Zajil Telecom dropped 0.4 Mbps, falling to 2.6 Mbps and BOnline dropped 0.2 Mbps, falling to 2.4 Mbps. DIRECTV in Colombia dropped 0.2 Mbps, falling to 1.8 Mbps.
Vietnam was the only country to register an overall loss in speed from March, with its average speed decreasing 0.2 Mbps to 2.8 Mbps.
