DaveK,
I know exactly where Corning NY is! I lived there from 1997 to 1999, when I worked as a test engineer at the Corning Photonics Technologies facility in Painted Post. That was my first experience with broadband, and I too haven't looked back since. I know what you're saying about "the middle of nowhere". Broadband was one of the things that made the long winters there bearable...that and alcohol. 😛