See The 10 States With The Fastest Internet Connections

In the latest Akamai State of the Internet report, Vermont, New Hampshire and Delaware top the list of states with the fastest average connection speeds, and make the top 10 states with fastest peak connection speeds, too.

"One key thing that stood out was the significant levels of growth [in connection speeds], for the most part. We saw double digit percentage growth — which is an encouraging trend," said David Belson, editor of Akamai's report. Belson says it's not just smaller populations that contribute to faster connection speeds. "It may also be states with stronger competition for broadband services," he says. "At least on a community level, if there's only one provider, the chances of getting very high speed services for reasonably prices is low. But when you put Verizon FiOS and Comcast and RCN and others in the same neighborhood, there's more contention for the customer dollar. So you'll see them start getting more competitive for speed and pricing."