There's still enough old people that copper lines still are a thing. And if you don't have them, Universal Access laws might still require the phone company install them where you live.
Years ago I remember reading a story from someone who had tried for years to get the phone company to install copper for DSL, and they wouldn't do it. Eventually he found someone who told him "order phone service, then cancel it once they run the copper and get DSL". Sure enough that did the trick.
There's still enough old people that copper lines still are a thing. And if you don't have them, Universal Access laws might still require the phone company install them where you live.
Years ago I remember reading a story from someone who had tried for years to get the phone company to install copper for DSL, and they wouldn't do it. Eventually he found someone who told him "order phone service, then cancel it once they run the copper and get DSL". Sure enough that did the trick.