This is it exactly. I've got clients I work with in two federally recognized under-served areas that ISPs have gotten government grants for supporting.

And yet, when you try and talk to the ISP about problems with the 2.5-down-.4-up DSL line they provide their literal reply is "You're lucky you have a dialtone."

This is at a location 1.7 miles down the road from a school that has gigabit fiber.

The existing programs are a joke. Nothing short of competition is going to get the ISPs to fix their problems. Centurylink has lost about 7k/month on customers switching to StarLink just on this one road. Maybe someday they'll consider fiber, but until then Starlink is a godsend.