MANILA - Fiber broadband provider, Converge ICT Solutions Inc. (Converge), and mobile and broadband firm, Globe Telecom Inc. (Globe), have topped Netflix's Internet Service Provider (ISP) Speed Index in July. In its ISP Speed Index for the month of July, Netflix reported an average performance of 3.4 Megabits per second (Mbps) for both Converge and Globe, higher than PLDT and Sky Cable's 3.2 Mbps and Royal Cable's 3 Mbps. This is compared to June's ISP Speed Index that crowned Globe with the country's top spot after achieving an average performance of 3.6 Mbps, followed by Converge, Sky Cable, and PLDT with 3.4 Mbps, and Royal Cable with 3.2 Mbps. "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," it said. In a media bulletin on Thursday, Converge chief operations officer Jesus Romero noted how t
MANILA - Broadband services in the country have improved after fiber broadband operator, Converge ICT Solutions Inc. (Converge), joined its network with the privately-owned City-to-City (C2C) subsea cable system, boosting Converge's international capacity by 1.3 TeraBits per second (Tbps). In a service update on Wednesday, Converge said the addition makes its network "fully redundant," guaranteeing network availability in the event of a submarine cable outage. "As submarine fiber cuts take weeks to be repaired, having a resilient network benefits business customers more than ever since this ensures continuity of operations with little to no opportunity loss," Converge said. The C2C cable system is part of the East Asia Crossing-C2C network, Asia's largest privately-owned submarine cable network that spans 17,000 kilometers (km) and connects the Philippines to major data hubs such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and China. In a press rele