MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Some rural areas of Vermont, including several schools and a hospital, are likely to lose cell phone coverage and the capacity to call 911 by mobile phone, in a matter of days due to the provider’s financial troubles, state officials said.

It will be challenge to find a replacement, state officials said, but they are working on it.

Vanu CoverageCo provides microcells, which is a station used to improve reception in a particular area, and service for cell phone coverage in about 150 road miles in 26 towns in Vermont. It’s struggled with expenses exceeding revenues and is likely to cease operations in the state, possibly Friday, said Clay Purvis, director of telecommunications and connectivity for the Department of Public Service.

The town of Readsboro, with a population of about 760, gets its only cell phone service through CoverageCo, said Independent Rep. Laura Sibilia. It takes 45 minutes for state police to get to the town.

“It’s conceivable to think that landline service could go down. So just the notion that we could be going backward at all on this is unacceptable,” she said.