Taking classes now...
I am currently taking classes through work for the Technician class license. They are doing it for Emergency communication in case there is ever a disaster that gets rid of communication as we know it today (especially with our New York, Orlando, Los Angeles, London...
Not just in NH...
We are starting to see them in northeastern CT also. We have had a couple collisions in the past couple years in the Putnam/Thompson area and one just the other day:
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070601/NEWS01/706010355/1002