You're a lucky man. I've tried everything including ordering a T1 line. Our amateur telephone company simply refused to do it. There is broadband internet service just 3 1/2 miles away but it might as well be in a different state since I can't connect to it.
If your telephone company are rural and using copper, to provide high speed Internet, they are loosing money.
You need too many boosters with copper, every 3.5 miles or so, at $360,000 a station, plus all the maintenance.
I worked closely with Paul Bunyan on this to develop a rural PON. (Passive optical network)
Stations are required only every 12 to 25 miles depending on the number of residencies.
Although the fiber cable is $1.4 per foot and there are thousands of miles in this rural network, it has paid off well. The cable is partitioned for phone, Internet and HD TV. This latter can only be provided with fiber, so opened a new market.
Standard Internet is 13 Mbps up and down and you can pay extra for $25 up and down.
It has kept the coop's cost well in line. In fact it is so efficient, the Feds forced a rate increase, to help subsidize the cost on improving Internet service for areas like yours.
Tell your company to contact
Paul Bunyan communications. They are very nice helpful folks and will tell them how to set up a rural PON economically. This was he first one completed in a rural setting in the US and broke new ground. It works like a charm and has had only one failure here since installation.
Laying the cable.
I did my bit, as the cable layer broke down, and I replaced the fuel lines and fuel pump for them. While I was at it I redesigned the cable clamping system to the vibrator blade which made removing and reattaching the cable take seconds, instead of minutes.
Waiting outside the shop for parts to arrive.
