It's really sad to hear that. It should be considered an essential service.
To your knowledge, have any concrete projects been proposed? You talked about the possibility of connecting communities to the Internet through fibre optics. That's what it should be. Otherwise, it could be done using the new technology being announced with low earth orbit satellites, which are more numerous than conventional satellites.
To your knowledge, are there any such projects in the works, with the potential of changing things quickly over the next few months?