Fiber project in the park

At the end of last season, the condo board voted to have Airbeam install fiber in Venture Out. We have had Dish cable in the park, but the infrastructure is old and unreliable. Airbeam would do the install for free and will have a service agreement for a number of years with the park. Only those who want to have the fiber service will need to pay for it.

We had heard that the installation started in October... it turned out that the street where our RV lot is located was being done after we arrived...

There were markings on the street indicating what would be installed -- this is the lot next to our casa, and "P" means a pedestal will be installed.

The "ditch witch" prepared to do its thing

The workers hand-dug a hole for the ditch witch to bore from...

Other places on the street were marked for "Flower Pots" -- the ditch witch bored from the pedestal hole to the flower pots.

Ditch witch

Video of the ditch witch doing its thing: https://youtu.be/pG_hkh0JShw

This device allows the workers to see where the borer was going.

The borer going through a flower pot hole

Our front yard has a "flower pot" -- they are ready to cut a plug out of our "grass" to install the flower pot.

The black part will go underground, and the green top will cover...

... there it is completed -- we're not sure why they have kept the dirt -- I guess it will become clear as they complete the job!

Installed "flower pot" in our "grass"

Installed pedestal

I'm sure the workers are wondering why all these old people are taking pictures of them while they are doing their normal work! I'm sure they encounter the same questions on each block -- maybe they are happy when most of the questioners do not speak Spanish so they don't have to answer questions, just "no English" is sufficient!