At last, the iPhone comes to Vermont

After a fourteen-month wait, the iPhone is finally coming to Vermont.

"But isn't Vermont a part of the US?" you ask. Well yes, but AT&T -- the iPhone's exclusive carrier in the US -- has no wireless coverage in the Green Mountain State, so the iPhone has never officially been made available. Some enterprising Vermonters have set up blogs and even gone underground with their jailbroken iPhones, but that's all about to change.

Earlier this week, Vermont's WCAX TV reported that area providers Verizon and Unicel have merged, and AT&T will be awarded overlapping service areas to prevent a wireless monopoly in Vermont.

The wait is almost over, Vermonters! Now you can enjoy standing in long lines like the rest of us.

Thanks, B. Marriner!

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Source: http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=8788011

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Jerry

I was in Rutland a couple of weeks ago, and I thought it was conspiracy when I had "No Service" everywhere I went. I felt so alone...

August 06 2008 at 9:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Luigi193

Home sweet home!

August 06 2008 at 7:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Worth

odd... i'm going to college next semester at middlebury college in vermont, and i had excellent (AT&T) service while i was there. maybe midd set up their own tower? beats me.

good news either way!

August 05 2008 at 11:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

1 reply to Worth's comment

You were on the Unicel network. There is already good GSM coverage in VT, it is just not owned by AT&T. This is why people on AT&T, who are using their phones in Vermont (iPhone or otherwise), have been getting kicked off after 6-12 months of excessive partner usage.

August 06 2008 at 8:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Vince

I thought they were in every state.

August 05 2008 at 5:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

TEG

Old News, circa December 2007.

at&t is getting VT. Also at&t bought Dobson's Cellular One. There is an at&t affiliate in Montanta, that I recall at&t thinking about allowing to offer the iPhone.

August 05 2008 at 5:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bkim

Hooray! Now Vermonters can enjoy the same crappy AT&T service the rest of the country has to deal with. I switched from Verizon to AT&T so I could get an iPhone 3G. The difference in cell service isn't subtle. I could use my Verizon phone in elevators at home and at work--not so with AT&T. I lose my AT&T signal before I even get into the elevator at work. I get no signal in places where my Verizon phone worked fine.

I couldn't even get EDGE to work, much less 3G, at Lollapalooza. I could barely make calls or send text messages (success rate was less than 50%). My friend had no problem connecting with his Sprint phone. AT&T was one of Lollapalooza's biggest sponsors. They obviously didn't make any effort to try to add extra capacity even though their name was plastered all over the place.

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Toledo Guy

You seem to have switched to Verizon for the same reasons why I switched back to AT&T. My final insult was when my wife and I were driving along the Ohio Turnpike, following each other in separate cars. My call to my wife (in the car behind me) went direct to VM. My Cingular/AT&T service is much more reliable.

August 06 2008 at 11:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jake

We've got the same problem in North Dakota and SD too- No AT&T wireless coverage. Maybe AT&T will show some love up here.

August 05 2008 at 4:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Luigi193

THANK THE LORD...

Finally! Our ever-crappy state gets something!

August 05 2008 at 4:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

1 reply to Luigi193's comment

Uh, ever crappy state? The only thing worth wanting that VT did not have was the iPhone. And now it will :)

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