Summary:
If you want to get online fast, then you should consider moving to Virginia, according to Akamai Technologies.

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By . Alexandra Klausner . A technology firm from Massachusetts has discovered Virginia has the speediest average web connection across the US. And for those who don't want to wait a long . time for their internet to load they should avoid moving to Alaska known . for its slow internet speed of only 7Mbps. Business Insider reports that Akamai Technologies published a 'state of the internet' report mapped by Broadview Networks to show the speed by state. Fast or slow?: This map shows the fastest average internet connection speed per state with green being fastest and red being slowest . Virginia came in first place with a download speed of 13.7 Megabytes per second (Mbps). In second place, Delaware and Massachusetts tied by having an average download speed of 13.7 Mbps. Washington, D.C., Washington, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire came in third place with 12-13 ballparks. Michigan, Utah, and Connecticut were among the high ranks and are some of the top ten states with the fastest internet connection. Arkansas, Kentucky, Montana, West Virginia, and Mississippi offer extremely slow internet, but not nearly as slow as Alaska. Chart: This chart shows just how many megabytes per second are downloaded in each state and Virginia is the fastest . The bottom half: Alaska had the slowest internet connection, nearly half as slow as Virginia .