I’m clearly in the pilot-eligible area, but never got a notice about signing up. Finally, I went online and discovered my address was not in their database. So I signed up anyway and about a week ago I got an email asking when I could have a site visit to check my setup. Yippee! Here’s the text of the email:

Dear Springs-Net Pilot Program subscriber

It has been over two months since we conducted the initial round of site visits in preparation for connecting your home or business to the new Springs-Net Fiber To The Premises Broadband network.  We regret that our original timeline for this work to be done has not held up, however we are pleased to inform you that as of this week work is finally underway!  Crews have begun to connect eligible addresses to the fiber backbone, and we are excited at the prospect of your address being among the first of these.

In order to facilitate the process of getting you connected, I am conducting site visits over the next two weeks.  The purpose of this 10-15 minute visit is to verify details necessary to properly connect you to the SpringsNet network. Specifically, we want to establish 1) where the fiber optic cable will attach to the exterior of your building, 2) where it will penetrate the wall, and 3) the best location for the ONT device inside your residence or business. We will also confirm the proper premises equipment necessary for your specific needs, and answer any questions you have about your participation in this project.

To schedule your site visit, please point your browser to https://calendly.com/springsnet/springsnet-site-visit and choose one of the available times from six available days.  If you are unable to meet me in person for any reason, or if you have specific questions or concerns, please contact me by one of the means below and I will work with you to make alternate arrangements and/or answer your questions.

I scheduled an appointment, met the volunteer and my arrangement will be rather easy to hook up. Here’s some additional information I gleaned. (1) The fiber to my home will be single-mode, not multimode. (2) An outside contractor will run the fiber from the pole to the outside of my home. (3) A local contractor (Dan from the hardware store?) will run the “last foot” through the wall and into an ONT (Optical Network Terminal). This ONT will have 4 gig ethernet ports. I don’t know what brand of device they’ll be using, nor do I know how much control I’ll have over it. (4) DHCP, dynamic IP address, symmetrical up and down speeds. (5) There were about 200 potential pilot program participants (how’s that for a little alliteration?) and about 80 actually signed up.