No problem here or in Greenfield Turners Falls, or anywhere on I91

No problems here, in Turners Falls, Greenfield, or anywhere on I91.

In downtown Brattleboro reception is consistently full bars. Guilford has gotten better in the last couple of months and there is usually at least enough reception to get an SMS out. I briefly had Unicel, and ditched it because the customer service was so dreadful.

Powerful Signal, Far superior to my Verizon Wireless coverage

U.S. Cellular reception is spotty in Vernon, though there are other four-bar spots such as Franklin Rd.overlooking I-91 and Huckle Hill Rd.on the high ground.

I live on a ridge overlooking the lake and get pretty good service there as well as into Brattleboro VT and towards Keene NH. Reception in Keene itself is quite poor.

Please, please please... do not inflict Cellular One / Unicel / RCC upon yourself unless you've no other choice. I've been a loyal customer since 2003, but since they dropped the Cellular One label, they've become awful. Customer service is non-existent. Billing errors (always in their favor) are a monthly fact of life, and there's nothing you can do about it (I was even "accidentally disconnected" - Twice! - one day by their friendly customer service representative. Going in-store for something like paying your bill is a little like going to the DMV, except that the overweight, bleach blonde girl snapping her gum behind the counter is much less polite ("Hold on a minute- I'm in the middle of something!", returns to her personal call) I know all of this seems too harsh to be true, and their coverage _is_ undeniably good for this local area, but they will not treat your fairly, or well, as a person.

I get good service in this area. It is in and out on i91 but seems to be improving. Sprint / Nextel hasen't changed their coverage map online for some time now so don't go by that for info.

Nextel now is active in Brattleboro. They seem to have good coverage here. If you travel to Keene, New Hampshire from Brattleboro don't expect service. Nextel originally had Keene on their list for future coverage but took it off. They are expanding slow in these areas. There is a big dead spot on I-91 between Brattleboro and Bellows Falls, VT. They show future coverage in the dead spot area. Since their merger with Sprint coverage hasen't grown much. iden is an old technology now so they might not want to put up any more of the old technology. Everything will eventually be CDMA... Sprints technology. Anyway, post more if you have any more info on Nextel in Southern VT.

US Cellular has installed a system(late 2006 or early 2007) that covers West Swanzey and Winchester. If you are having problems with coverage in those areas, I suggest using US Cellular as a carrier.

For consistent coverage in Swanzey and Keene, US Cellular is your best bet.

The signal is strong enough at most time, but sometimes the cell phone may loose signal or switch to analog when I'm on the first(ground) floor of my condo.

Solid Verizon reception in Surry, right on the border of keene.

Some of the comments below are out of date. In Putney and Brattleboro there are towers owned by Unicel and US Cellular with possibly one Verizon tower in Brattleboro and a smattering of old Nextel service now offered by Sprint (not recommended). Unicel is in flux - it just got bought by Verizon. They are going to shut down the network (or sell it?) and convert the towers to their own standard. AT&T, formerly Cingular dropped it's roaming agreement recently, so most of what's on the on-line reviews is out of date. Not good. Verizon has been using US Celluar's network (will that continue after they intigrate Unicel?). It really depends where you are, whether US Cellular or Unicel (for now) has better reception. My impression is that on the whole US Celluar does better. The center of Putney gets good US Cellular reception. So does Bellows Falls and Brattleboro. There's a dead spot on I-91 between Bratt and Putney. Pine Banks Rd.and Kurn Hattin Rd are on the edge of service - it can be frustrating. I use an antenna, which makes all the difference, and I get 1 bar on Kurn Hattin Rd (but that's enough). Westminster West has no service unless you are high on one of the ridges.

The good news: Cingular works great around here. It's using Unicel's GSM towers, and it's a great fit for our needs. The VERY bad news: Cingular itself doesn't serve Vermont, and we've been sent 2 notices (so far) that >50% of our usage is NOT on Cingular's towers, so we'll soon be kicked off. We've got well over 1400 rollover minutes accrued in our account, and our usage isn't very large. No matter it's all in the percentage, so beware. [Also note - though our warning letter said "greater than 50%" off-network usage is the problem, the very nice Cingular phone rep said the number is actually 40%, as of April, 2006!]

I actually have Unicel as a carrier. I get much better reception around here with the new GSM network. Unicel is unfortunatly the best choice for this area. Beware though, they are pains in the butt to deal with. Our service has been interrupted 3 times in the past month due to their errors. Also calling customer service takes about 30 minutes to talk to someone. The store locations are not much better. You get faster service, however, unless you are dealing with the regonal manager they cannot do much to help you out.

At&t's / Cingular's TDMA network still works very well in Vermont and New Hampshire. The GSM dosen't work at all. You currently can't buy TDMA phones from AT&T or Cingular anymore due to the rollout of the GSM phones so hold on to the ones you have until the GSM network gets better. I get Digital service in the most remote places ever with the TDMA phone. You can walk in the woods and still have a decent signal. I have used this phone all over VT and NH including ski areas and have never had a problem. Everyone that has these new technology services don't get any service. Which is better? A little better technology you will never notice or being able to make a call! TDMAers hold on to you phones!

"downtown" northfield gets half decent service from Verizon and Sprint, but you need GSM for good reception, especially North of town towards the (ex) NMH campus. Most signal comes from towers meant to cover rt. 91. Unicel and Cingular are really the best options for Brattleboro / Keene / Greenfield rural areas, also true with Rt. 2 towards Boston, which still has lousy coverage with large gaps even with GSM until past Gardner. Verizon has no service between Gardner and Greenfield on Rt. 2 as of 1 / 06. Winchester, NH is a signal hole (a very poor town probably not seen as profitable), but southern NH and VT have at least spotty GSM coverage now, which is much better than even 3-4 years ago when my first Cingular TDMA phone only had service while on the highway or in "downtown" areas. The skiing areas of VT should have pretty good coverage from most providers soon enough, and route 91 is reasonably covered by GSM until the canadian border.

Cingular now has limited service in this area of Vermont. Unicel(RCC) Rural Cellular Corp. is now converting their towers to GSM which Cingular has signed a contract with. Service will start to pop up at the ski areas and along I-91 as Unicel continues its build out. The service is very limited but its expanding. I've been investigating Southern Vermont's cellular coverage for some time now and still haven't come across anyone who has great service except the small cellular companies that reside there. ie... Us Cellular(CDMA) and Unicel(GSM). Verizon has analog(AMPS) in Southen Vermont but analog is the worst ever. The best technology for the future is (GSM). The majority of the world uses this technology. So if you travel overseas then this is what you want. Cingluar's (GSM) is building up pretty quick. There are dead spots here and there but all cell companies have their dead spots and problems especially in Vermont. Usually the cell companies give you a short time to try out your phone. Nextel is also putting up towers along I-91 for those of you interested in walkie-talkie. They operate on a separate iDEN network created by Motorolla. They have limited technology but should expand with the merger with Sprint. In conclusion if you can wait for the technology to get better I suggest you go with (GSM)Cingular in Vermont. The service will only get better.

Nextel is expanding in Vermont fairly quickly.I get service in Putney now which I never got before.Brattleboro has improved and gets excellent service.Some of the service extends into NH. Over the bridge. I-91 is improving with service on a regular basis.I haven't been up to the ski areas yet.If anyone has please post those findings for the winter.