Tim's very clear with his speakers, too, as far as the "sales pitch" goes, so it fosters much more of a learning experience than many of the other "expo" events I've been to.As long as your take some initiative while you're out there, you'll be hard-pressed to not come away with an advantage of some sort.

But my wife insisted we press on and we eventually got it for $725k. 

The internet, phone, TV plan came out to $30/month because I worked for Cablevision that time, which owned Optimum.

Have TV with cable (or Roku/ AppleTV) and wifi.

Not every cabin has to have granite counters and a TV that takes up the entire living room.    

Problem is, the fees are going to be SO EXCESSIVE... it may not even be worth it for you to press forward.i would recommend the conventional route if that's an option. 

Say you have been supporting yourself on $3k a month for the last year or two, you will be very hard pressed to go down to $2.5k a month, if you don't believe me, then try it.You're reply comes off as defensive. 

I would bet money that the most popular cabins have the easiest access to GSP and have all the "amenities" like high-speed internet and cable/satellite tv, things that most "outdoorsy" people don't care all that much about since they're going to be standing in a river casting for trout all day.

Shut off internet and TV.

For locations that need 3 prongs like fridge, tv, etc I will replace them with GFCI and connect to a local ground source like a pipe as you suggest.