Hmmm, why not just wait a few years for commercial enterprise to have High speed 3G and 4G network proliferated the landscape, NAH, the gubermint can do it better...
They are chompin to collect sewage fees(even though you have a septic field), water consumption fees(farms use a lot, and I mean a really lot of well water), and there are programs being introduced where the utility rations your electric useage, limiting what you can have running at any given time. ie, if you are heating hot water, your furnace shuts off. If you are running the electric stove, the hot water heater will not switch on. If it is daytime, your lights will not work. Each family will be given an operating kilowatt budget controlled by smart meters and smart switches. This way everyone wins and you have “choices”(sound familiar?)