Movistar boosts Netflix's performance, but no peering agreement reached


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 24 January 2016




Although it is still at the bottom of Netflix's ISP Index in Spain, Telefónica's Movistar has considerably improved the platform's performance on its networks, but the move is one-sided.



According to the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform, no peering agreement has been reached with the telco, as it has been done with other players.

“We are happy to see Netflix's performance on Movistar's network has improved during the last month. Movistar has unilaterally done this, but we are still open to work with them so Netflix's experience gets better on their network,” said sources from the American streaming platform.

The second edition of the ISP Index for Spain, regarding December tests, shows how average speed on Movistar's networks has increased by 0.71Mbps. Still, the digits are almost 1Mbps lower than the closer player on the ranking, Orange, which averages 3.75Mbps.

During Netflix's first month in Spain, there were hundreds of complaints on social media, as Movistar's high-speed subscribers were not getting the expected performance while streaming video.

After some finger pointing between the two companies, the first ISP Index showed Telefónica's company sinking to the ranking's bottom.