noroad:
Sideface:
Probably a bit of both, and the fact that there is more infrastructure needed and more land to cover. Sucks about your ETA! Do you at least have VDSL/Cable?
Then you get the copper dead zones like me. 20minutes from the center of Auckland and 10meg adsl is the best available for another two years. 1km either side already have fiber :-(
"20 minutes from the centre of...<a city>" doesn't count for much when it comes to things like broadband.