I had the same problem,Only we have a small local owned telephone company that hasn't upgraded poles or line since the 60's.They are going to upgrade the repeaters in the system and sell dsl service but i'm told with the old wiring will not get you good dsl.Our phone connections are terrible and I had troubles even being able to log into my isp let alone serf the web.The phone company tech said we had to much trouble with ac interference and that this old system was built for voice not data back in those days.Not much help!
I really didn't want to pay the extra for cable internet but now that I have it,I'd never go back. :lol:
But I think living in the boonies is a good trade off for broadband,but hopefully you van have both at some point in time.