Water/sewage is fairly straightforward anywhere you can drill a well. And there are various options for electric and heat.
But if you can't get wired broadband, your options today are either satellite (expensive, laggy) or microcell (expensive, not available everywhere)--neither of which allow you to "just use" streaming and other data-intensive services a lot of people increasingly see as necessary.
And outside of a short-term vacation home, it's not unreasonable to think that at least minimal (e.g. no video streaming Internet) is something of a requirement for most people.
