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Maybe so, but AT&T ran optic fiber cable for landlines 2 years ago, here, and I've got e-6 cable-line from the house to the road about 500 ft away.
I think the closest SLICK cabinet is about 5 milesaway.
I driven a fair amount of Tenn, but I don't know what town or city is close to you, so you could think about moving.
But if you're like me and living on family homesteaded land that's been in the family for over 100 years, you wouldn't even think about moving.

The Fiber Optic is why you have DSL. It can't be done over regular line cable beyond three miles. The cable in my area came about in large part because my dad got royally PO'd about the old paper insulated Aeriel cable that went out each rain.

Back in the late 1970's I was flying home from Norfolk to Knoxville and a plane crashed in Atlanta. He didn't know I was on a Piedmoont Turbo Prop making five stops in North Carolina and as usual it was late.

Well the phone started ringing and wouldn't stop even off the hook. Dad finally had enough and jerked it off the wall and proceeded to beat it to a pulp with a sledge hammer. Next day he took it to work in a small box and handed it to his boss LOL. He was working inside back then. He eventually went to the Public Service Commission and an underground cable was put in and a SLICK System.

I live in a rural area about 20 miles north of Knoxville. My families been in the area since the late 1700's so I reckon I'm staying :>}