Using the results of Akamai Technologies’ new State of the Internet report, the Washington Post today mapped out the states based on relative Internet speeds, with Maine’s average peak speeds of 40.4 megabits-per-second down at No. 40 among the 50 states and Washington, D.C.
While Maine’s Internet speeds lagged way behind the nation-leading Delaware, which boasts blazing speeds of 75.4 Mbps, the Pine Tree State does offer faster downloads than, say, Mongolia. But just barely, as Mongolia has average peak speeds of 40.1 Mbps.
The prize for America’s slowest Internet goes to Kentucky, where the average peak is 34 Mbps, and where readers are still waiting for that picture of Ghengis Khan above to finish loading.
Lousiana, Mississippi, Alaska, Idaho, New Mexico and Arkansas join Kentucky with average peak speeds lower than 40 Mbps, while Utah, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and Virginia join Delaware above the 60 Mbps threshold.
The fastest Internet of all? That honor belongs to Hong Kong, where Internet users can connect to average peak speeds of 87.7 Mbps.