No ISP came close to delivering as great a Netflix experience as RCN in the greater Boston area, according to Netflix’s 1st ever regional ISP speed index.
 
At 2.42 Mbps, the average speeds for Netflix streams on the RCN network in Boston outperformed other ISPs by up to 70%. Charter took the 2nd spot, delivering 2.19 Mbps in the area, followed by Verizon FiOS (2.15 Mbps), Comcast, (2.13 Mbps) and Time Warner Cable (2.05 Mbps).
 
Netflix said it will release more regional indexes in the future.

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