There are some! But it varies a lot by region. And there's been a lot of consolidation-of-providers wherever service is easier to provide. So where there are o

There are some! But it varies a lot by region. And there's been a lot of consolidation-of-providers wherever service is easier to provide. So where there are only a few hard-to-service households missed by the mainline services, or other local geographic/infrastructure challenges, there may be no local micro-ISPs/experts, and thus only extremely expensive custom options. That the author describes his residence by County, rather than some incorporated town/city, is a strong indicator that even though he's in the Seattle area, he's very possibly in a very low-density, rural area. He might even be on well-water and a septic-tank, rather than utility water/sewer.