Smartphone life in Alaska - no Verizon, no Sprint

If you live in Alaska, and you want to use a smartphone, you better be going with AT&T, because for all their commercials, Verizon and Sprint won't do you any good here. Here's the beatdown from Verizon Wireless when you tell them you live in Alaska:

There's no Verizon in Alaska

And here's the similar beatdown from Sprint when you tell them you live in Alaska:

There's no Sprint in Alaska either - Verizon, Sprint, and smartphones in Alaska

This is a bummer, because with my AT&T iPhone contract coming up, I've been seriously thinking about switching away from the iPhone and AT&T to an Android smartphone. Looks like that won't be happening any time soon.