With an average of 3.6 Mbps of broadband speed, nine Indian ISPs occupied the top spot in the country’s ranking for Netflix Speed Index in India. The nine Indian ISPs were 7 Star Digital, Airtel, Alliance Broadband, Atria Convergence Technologies, D-VoiS, Excitel Broadband, Hathway, Jio Giga Fiber and Tatasky Broadband.

But government-run telcos, BSNL (speed 3.2 Mpbs) and MTNL (speed 2.8 Mbps) continued to languish at the bottom at the No. 3 and 4 positions, respectively.

Meanwhile,  several countries across Asia saw increases across multiple services in October 2021 on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, the monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience.

In Vietnam, Saigontourist Cable Television jumped 0.6 Megabits per second (Mbps) to 3.4 Mbps, and Viettel rose 0.4 Mbps to 3.4 Mbps. Japan’s VECTANT also surged 0.6 Mbps to 2.6 Mbps, while its NTTPC InfoSphere service climbed 0.4 Mbps to 3.4 Mbps, Netflix said in a statement.

PLDT and Royal Cable in the Philippines both escalated 0.4 Mbps to 3.4 Mbps and 3 Mbps, respectively. In Indonesia, XL Home and Telkom both improved by 0.4 Mbps to 3.4 Mbps and 1.8 Mbps, respectively. After a dip last month, Taiwan Mobile jumped 0.4 Mbps to 3 Mbps.

After also posting a decrease last month, Guatemala’s CableColor grew by 0.4 Mbps to 2.8 Mbps. Elsewhere in Latin America, Colombia’s Tigo increased by 0.4 Mbps to 3.2 Mbps.

Rounding out the improvements for the month, Bell Canada – Fiber Optic climbed 0.4 Mbps to 3.6 Mbps.

The highest performing ISPs recorded 3.8 Mbps in October, up from 3.6 Mbps in September.

Three ISPs saw decreases last month. Austria’s A1 fell 0.2 Mbps to 2.8 Mbps. In South Africa, Telkom dipped 0.2 Mbps to 2.6 Mbps. Honduras’s TEVISAT dropped 0.2 Mbps to 2 Mbps.

An impressive 31 countries and regions were in the top performance-tier in the month of October.

Joining returning names (Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the UK, and the US) were new additions Brazil, Canada, Finland, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Panama, Paraguay and South Korea. All areas registered an average speed of 3.6 Mbps.

The Netflix ISP Speed Index is a measure of primetime Netflix performance on a particular ISP and not a measure of overall performance for other services/data that may travel across the specific ISP network.

Faster Netflix performance generally means better picture quality, quicker start times and fewer interruptions.