Broadband internet access to residents of Piedmont Area of Virginia

Rolling hills, lush green vegetation, numerous vineyards and historic battle fields with the ever present magnificent background of Blue Ridge Mountains on the western horizon. This "squirrels jump away from Heaven" as President James Madison rightly observed or Piedmont is located approximately 90 miles south of Washington,DC and an hour from Richmond, yet as far as the broadband internet is concerned we are several generations behind.
Preservation and historical easements make this area not suitable for high density development and hilly terrain is not the most hospitable for long range wireless coverage, yet the people living here still wish for the "luxuries" like fiber optic or cable internet available for over ten years mere 8 miles away in Orange.
Verizon telephone company doesn't feel motivated to replace copper telephone lines with fiber optic cables despite charging all of us extra for projects in the rural areas. ( I guess we are not rural enough) There is no business incentive for them to improve infrastructure in relatively scarcely populated area. Virginia Broadband (VABB) has been promising fast internet sometime within "the next year". Sounds great but it has been the same "next year" for the last four years.
Rappahannack Electric Co-op talked about broadband via power lines, but their energy has been
depleted lately since nothing has happened in the last few years. I guess we should just be grateful to have electricity in our houses. (trust me, we are but we need more). Numerous interventions with our local VA Senator resulted in general letter from Commonwealth IT Secretary promising future broadband expansion once stimulus funds are allotted. Politically correct but without any dates or details.
I think this issue has the potential to galvanize our residents to act in unison and apply pressure on our elected officials to provide valuable assistance to their constituents. I would like for them to comment on this issue on this post. "Enter" or rather.... "tally ho" since my internet speed is more like that of the horse at one of the fox hunt events than of a Corvette!