In a few months, Vermonters will be able to buy Apple’s revolutionary iPhone 3G. Up until now, Vermont has been the only state in the country without direct access to the iPhone, WCAX News (Burlington, VT) reports.
“Federal regulators have approved a rural cell phone merger, which means the long-awaited Apple iPhone is finally coming to the Green Mountains,” WCAX News reports.
“Verizon is merging with Unicel, but the state worried that would leave Vermonters without a choice of cell phone service. So Vermont is spinning off overlapping service areas to AT&T,” WCAX reports.
Full article here.
[Attribution MacNN. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Chuckles the Microsoft CEO” for the heads up.]
Now if we can only get service in North Dakota… granted we’re on the edge of the planet, but come on ATT!
MW: Below, yes, we’re below zero most of the time here.
That’s great news for Larry, his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl!
In the words of Howard Dean:
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!
So now teddy bears can get iPhones too.
I thought Vermont was joining Canada – again, and would have access to the fabulous Fido service.
Tada!
Unicel, soon to be AT&T;, is a 30 second walk from my house. And Small Dog (Authorized Apple Reseller) is a 5 minute walk from here.
I’ll be keeping up to date with MDN on my new iPhone skiing at Stowe this winter and sailing Lake Champlain next summer!
vtvita (Vermont Life)
What happens when it becomes the United Socialist Republic of Vermont? Do only the politburo elite get those ‘bourgeois toys made by capitalist pigdogs’ then, hmm?
Actually, it’s all them damn flatlanders whinin’ about it. Real Vermonters could care less.
A nice cover story, but we all know Vermonters’ access to iPhones (as well as Pillsbury products) is being blocked by Big Syrup.
You hear me Vermont Sugar Makers?!?! Your silent stranglehold won’t last forever. Greenpeas knows who you are!!
Here In SD we dont have access to the Iphone either, there is no such thing as ATT in this area. Hopefully when Verizon sells off Alltel towers AT&T;will will buy them.
New maple syrup colored iPhones?
For the love of all things holy,
“could care less” – means that you could care less than you do now, which means that you do care.
“couldn’t care less” – means that you could NOT care less than you do now, which actually means that you don’t care at all.
Get it right or don’t say it at all.
I know, this is stupid but it drives me freakin’ nuts when people screw this up.
@ Cubert
That gives me an idea… lickable iPhone screens? Or a paint app that uses your tongue?
“Up until now, Vermont has been the only state in the country without direct access to the iPhone.”
Where are these people getting their “facts” from? As has been said, there’s no iPhone availability in South Dakota, North Dakota, and several other states… a huge chunk of the US population, actually.
As for Unicel, I got rid of them in 2000 when they were double-dipping into my checking account without showing double credits on their billing system. Typical cellphone horror story.
Cubert,
“Maple syrup”
Sounds tacky.
Andy,
“lickable iPhone screens”
At least no one would ask to borrow your iPhone.
Sir Gill Bates,
They should come in different flavors, too – like ‘Lteric Lemon Lime, or Tangy Tomato Tangerine…
It could be the new craze – On the go? Lick your lunch off your iPhone!
We could make a fortune!
Andy,
How about having different flavors linked to music videos.
You cold watch Fergie singing ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ to the taste of PruneTang.
that would explain the aggravating experience I had last week… I was in Vermont, and as soon as I crossed the border from MA to VT my service disappeared.
@ Ottawa Mark
“That’s great news for Larry, his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl!”
LOL. Great. You gotta be 40-something to get that joke. Loved that show. Bob Newhart.
@ MacSmiley
A huge chunk of the US land area maybe but not a huge chunk of it’s population.
Sir Gill Bates
Now that’s an idea! It also reminds me of when the year 200 was meant to herald ‘smell-o-vision’ on TV. In other worlds, say you were watching this character in a jungle – a jungle scent would waft out of the TV. And if you were in the big city, you’d smell exhaust fumes and fried food, and so forth.
Wonder why that all fell flat…
It’s so great to be serviced.
Andy,
“It also reminds me of when the year 200 was meant to herald ‘smell-o-vision’ on TV.”
“Wonder why that all fell flat…”
Because the Roman Empire didn’t have TV? Just a thought.
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