you still have the same outdated phone lines that were put in when the telephone service first hit the area.
We have new wire coming up to our house, but the main line is the same old stuff that was put there eons ago.
I tried to sign up with Verizon DSL the other day when I was getting the "cheap" package....("free" long distance)...told them to go ahead and install it (installation package free, 29.99 for the first 3 monthe and 39.99 thereafter)........THEN, they asked my zip code and told me how sorry they were that it was NOT available for my area!!!!!!!
And to think I was about to get excited there!!!!!!