Income per capita, population density, number of ISP subscribers are all factors in the ROI of offering higher internet connection speeds. Also, the effect of 3G and 4G wireless' lower speeds needs to be factored in too. A lot of consumer internet usage is migrating to that bandwidth.

In more rural or smaller towns 3G/4G is more accessible than high speed internet land lines. Many of the "red states" are less urban concentrated.

Utah is the notable exception and also the most "pervy" -- it must be the internet that does that