For many years, reliable high-speed Internet service in the remote bayside village of Marshall has registered only as far-flung fodder for residents’ technological daydreams. Cable giants like Comcast and AT&T see the out-of-the-way trip for a small number of customers as inconsistent with their bottom line and even Point Reyes Station-based Horizon Cable TV excludes the town from its coverage area.

Left with the alternatives of archaic dial-up or laggy and expensive satellite service, many…