A report released by [the Communications Workers of America] found that Rhode Island has the fastest average broadband speed of any state.

Rhode Island is unique among states in that a single cable company - Cox Communications - provides high-speed Internet access statewide. It is available in 38 of the 39 municipalities in the state. (Block Island is the only community Cox does not serve in the state.)

Also providing high-speed Internet in Rhode Island: Verizon, with a fiber-optic Internet service launched in parts of the state last year; and Full Channel TV, with cable internet in Barrington, Bristol, and Warren.