Well I’ve been on 52K Dial Up ever since I went on line in 1998. AT&T isn’t going to upgrade land lines in rural areas. They are phasing out the residential land line. Comcast showed up in the area and did just enough to claim territory but is a quarter mile way with no intentions of going further. Gee maybe Mr Wizard Obama wave his magic ink pen and give me high speed service. /extreme sarcasm
On my idle farm outside of “small town”, MN, last year, they pulled in fiber, for free! But not where I currently live, in a populated area. :-)