Without knowing the situation it is hard to know if it is outrageous or not. Don't get me wrong, that is a lot of money. But a few years ago there was a guy that decided to develop an undeveloped side of a lake, My BIL bought one of the plots (7 or 8 of them) and some friends the rest. When they called Bell to see for phone they where told many thousands of dollars to bring the lines from the village/ road near by. So they all decided to wait until they all had cottages before installing them. Now, they all have phone lines but it cost each one of them a bit of cash.

I think that is everywhere, just that most of us don't have to deal with it because the infrastructure is there and our neighbours are near by. So when the telco upgrades because thousands of people will defray the cost, it is not the same as in some more lost places where you need to bring it for that one person. 1km of wire is 1km of wire no matter how many people it services.