A few years back, local phone company ran new lines to everyone out here at no cost. The only catch was, you had to be able to prove there had been phone lines here before. Sadly, we couldn't do that. So have been stuck on over-priced wireless.
Last Fall an engineer from the same phone company came out and, not realizing that anyone lived here (we sit WAY off the road!), he pulled in. He introduced himself and said they were going to be hooking up everyone else that wanted lines run, that it would be at no cost, and asked if we might be interested. Heck yeah!
Still not certain if we have to get a land line number through them, but the cell number we have gets virtually no calls whatsoever, so that's a huge plus. Also, we have unlimited long distance. We can keep that for $20/month...even though we don't hardly use the darned thing.
It seems the internet speeds will be really fast, with the cheapest price being 10Mbps up and down for $34.95/month. Even when we have 4G, it's intermittent, and at best is 2Mbps download, and costs considerably more....AND there's a data cap before it's throttled way down.
This guy wasn't a salesman, but an engineer. He didn't try to sell anything; just asked if we might be interested in getting land line run here. For us, it's a no-brainer. Even folks who have hunting cabins are getting lines run for free.
Try to visit with your neighbors some time when it's convenient for them, but might be a good idea to make it look like a normal social call rather than trying to talk them into getting the lines run. Ask if they have internet. If they do, are they happy with it. Tell them you're trying to find a way to get better internet service for less money. Then maybe mention that you've heard the phone company might try running lines out there for free at some point in the not-too-distant future. Mention that you've heard it's free. If they bite, then give them more info that you've "heard", but don't do a sell thing.
OK, that's it, That's the best I can offer, and I'm a worse salesman than I am a mechanic!
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