said by kringles :

@warman58x,

In order to get DSL in my quite rural area we collected a petition of people who would sign up if it was available to them. Got a list of about 25 names with phone numbers and submitted to Windstream (at that time Alltel). A few months later we had DSL. Couldn't hurt to give this a try. You as the initiator should be able to get a referral fee for each new customer that signs up!

Good Luck

PS instead of giving your friend(s) free wi-fi get them to promise to sign up for DSL. The more that sign up the better your chance of getting the service extended.