Converge ICT Solutions Inc., a leading fiber internet service provider, has been recognized by Ookla® as the winner of the Best ISP Video Experience Award in the Philippines for the second half of 2022. Converge achieved an overall video score of 80.99 based on the results of consumer-initiated scoring during a six-month period. Ookla, a global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence, testing applications, and related technologies, sets the benchmark for internet speeds and performance expectations worldwide.
The video scoring, which ranges from 0 to 100, rates users’ video experiences based on five key categories. These include adaptive start failure, median adaptive start time, median adaptive average bitrate, adaptive stall events, and media adaptive stall severity. Converge outperformed all other internet service providers in the Philippines in all five categories.
Dennis Anthony Uy, CEO and Co-Founder of Converge, said, “Filipinos have spoken, and we have emerged as the ISP providing superior video experience to them. This speaks for itself: our high-speed, high-capacity internet produces the best experience in streaming and consuming video content whether for gaming or entertainment. This is a mark of excellence in service for us.”
Converge has consistently performed well in Ookla®’s consumer-initiated ratings, winning Most Consistent Network across five regions in the last quarter of 2021 and being crowned the Top Rated Fixed Network for the first half of 2022. In December 2022, the company also topped Netflix’s ISP Speed Index, maintaining its steady No. 1 ranking for most of 2022.
Last November, Converge upgraded its suite of connectivity plan offers, doubling the speed of its base plan from 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps at no extra cost and still offering unlimited bandwidth with no data caps. The company is also the first and only internet service provider in the Philippines to upgrade its network backbone data transmission capacity to 800 Gbps, allowing for high-speed data transfers crucial for streaming.
Converge’s FiberX base plan allows users to play online games and stream 4K videos on Ultra HD-enabled devices requiring at least 25 Mbps. With the 200Mbps offering, Converge aims to provide an optimal viewing experience to its subscribers, enabling them to use multiple connections and activities on various devices without lag or interruption.
Jesus C. Romero, Converge’s Chief Operations Officer, said, “This award confirms the value of our end-to-end network design objective to implement and operate a network that is high availability, low latency, and non-blocking. Video applications, whether video streaming or video conferencing, are very susceptible to network quality issues such as latency, packet loss, and jitter. This award, based on user-generated tests, is a firm validation of the end-to-end, overall quality of our network.”
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*Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data for Q3–Q4 2022. Ookla trademarks are used under license and reprinted with permission.
