Can this be done for smaller areas by sharing a full time employee? For example, our community has a shared well and reservoir with a part time water manager that administers/maintains our system along with many others in the area.
The process of signing up enough members of the community is a bit more work, but can still be done part time.
An optical fiber ISP will cost between $200 and $1000 per house to build, $10 per month fees are possible.