Ten US States Ranked as Having Fastest Average Internet Speeds Globally
Delaware, followed by the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Maryland and Rhode Island, enjoy some of the fastest Internet speeds on the planet, with 10 states ranking among the 20 fastest Internet territories around the globe, according to the latest Akamai…
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State of the Internet report, NCTA recounted in a blog post Friday. The Akamai report from Q4 found average U.S. connection speeds were 14.2 Mbps, up 29 percent from a year earlier, and average peak connection was 61.5 Mbps, up 25 percent, NCTA said. It said Delaware, at average peak speed of 88.3 Mbps, was the state with the fastest connections and fourth in Akamai's top-20 list, while D.C. had an 82.5 average, with Massachusetts at 81.2, Maryland at 79.8, Rhode Island at 79.1, Virginia at 77.5, New Jersey at 77.3, Utah at 74.6, Washington at 73.8 and New York at 72.7. Topping the Akamai rankings overall was Singapore with 135.7, while the global average was 32.5, it said.