Nobody is fleeing Minnesota for Wisconsin, trust me. Electricians earn $15 an hour less in western WI than they do in Minnesota, and most jobs have similar pay cuts for crossing a river into WI from MN.
> I get gigabit fiber in Madison - I'm sure the situation is harder up north. I wouldn't expect getting fiber four hours north of SF would be easy, either.
I would guess there's availability in towns like Redding and Mount Shasta.