your projection is based on the ongoing maintenance of the idea of consumer network connections as being second class citizens

probably will be solved if people can pay more to get better guarantees and service but it is a difficult question how to do it, yet, when you think about it, it must eventually be the thing

proximity to big pipes obviously will change the price you pay, because if you want a high quality connection far from the trunk you have to build a trunk grade connection to your locatation

but currently, consumer internet is utter shit, and this is also why the dream of IPv6 has still to be fulfilled