Vermont Utilities And Communication

• Broadband coverage as of 2006[34]
  • Total Coverage = 87%
  • Cable = 68%
  • DSL = 69%
  • Wireless Internet Service Provider = 24%

(Above percentages are of population, not of land area.)

Cell phone coverage in the state, generally, outside of the major metropolitan areas is weak due to interference from mountains, the attempt to serve a small rural population living in a large area rendering investment in improvements uneconomical, and environmentalists opposition to towers.[35] Unicel, focusing on rural areas, has better coverage.[36]

In May 2007 , Vermont passed measures intended to make Broadband ( 3mbits minimum ) together with Cellular coverage Universally available to all citizens with the intention of having the first e-State in the Union by 2010 . A Synopsis of The Extent of this measure