diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 671ca15..d1d7bbd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -59,21 +59,17 @@ Usage Example
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
+    import adafruit_connection_manager
     import adafruit_ntp
-    import socketpool
+    import os
     import time
     import wifi
 
-    # Get wifi details and more from a secrets.py file
-    try:
-        from secrets import secrets
-    except ImportError:
-        print("WiFi secrets are kept in secrets.py, please add them there!")
-        raise
+    wifi_ssid = os.getenv("CIRCUITPY_WIFI_SSID")
+    wifi_password = os.getenv("CIRCUITPY_WIFI_PASSWORD")
+    wifi.radio.connect(wifi_ssid, wifi_password)
 
-    wifi.radio.connect(secrets["ssid"], secrets["password"])
-
-    pool = socketpool.SocketPool(wifi.radio)
+    pool = adafruit_connection_manager.get_radio_socketpool(wifi.radio)
     ntp = adafruit_ntp.NTP(pool, tz_offset=0)
 
     while True:
diff --git a/adafruit_ntp.py b/adafruit_ntp.py
index b405402..5e9c790 100644
--- a/adafruit_ntp.py
+++ b/adafruit_ntp.py
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
 import struct
 import time
 
+from micropython import const
+
+
 __version__ = "0.0.0+auto.0"
 __repo__ = "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_NTP.git"
 
 NTP_TO_UNIX_EPOCH = 2208988800  # 1970-01-01 00:00:00
+PACKET_SIZE = const(48)
 
 
 class NTP:
@@ -55,7 +59,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._pool = socketpool
         self._server = server
         self._port = port
-        self._packet = bytearray(48)
+        self._socket_address = None
+        self._packet = bytearray(PACKET_SIZE)
         self._tz_offset = int(tz_offset * 60 * 60)
         self._socket_timeout = socket_timeout
 
@@ -71,21 +76,27 @@ def datetime(self) -> time.struct_time:
         unless there has already been a recent request. Raises OSError exception if no response
         is received within socket_timeout seconds"""
         if time.monotonic_ns() > self.next_sync:
+            if self._socket_address is None:
+                self._socket_address = self._pool.getaddrinfo(self._server, self._port)[
+                    0
+                ][4]
+
             self._packet[0] = 0b00100011  # Not leap second, NTP version 4, Client mode
-            for i in range(1, len(self._packet)):
+            for i in range(1, PACKET_SIZE):
                 self._packet[i] = 0
             with self._pool.socket(self._pool.AF_INET, self._pool.SOCK_DGRAM) as sock:
+                # Since the ESP32SPI doesn't support sendto, we are using
+                # connect + send to standardize code
                 sock.settimeout(self._socket_timeout)
-                sock.sendto(self._packet, (self._server, self._port))
-                sock.recvfrom_into(self._packet)
+                sock.connect(self._socket_address)
+                sock.send(self._packet)
+                sock.recv_into(self._packet)
                 # Get the time in the context to minimize the difference between it and receiving
                 # the packet.
                 destination = time.monotonic_ns()
             poll = struct.unpack_from("!B", self._packet, offset=2)[0]
             self.next_sync = destination + (2**poll) * 1_000_000_000
-            seconds = struct.unpack_from(
-                "!I", self._packet, offset=len(self._packet) - 8
-            )[0]
+            seconds = struct.unpack_from("!I", self._packet, offset=PACKET_SIZE - 8)[0]
             self._monotonic_start = (
                 seconds
                 + self._tz_offset