The state with the fastest Internet is...

According to Akamai’s State of the Internet Report, Delaware is the state with the fastest connection speeds. Delaware had an average connection speed of 10.2 megabits per second in the first three months of 2012. Delaware clocked in nearly 9% faster than the average speeds in New Hampshire, the state with the second-fastest Internet connections. Vermont, Utah and Rhode Island round out the top five U.S. states. At 3.6 Mbps, Arkansas is the state with the lowest average connection speed.

• 18 US states had average peak connection speeds above 30 Mbps in the first quarter, while 31 states had average peak connection speeds above 20 Mbps.
• 19 total states saw high broadband adoption increase between 100 percent and 200 percent year-over-year.