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Comment on “Change Daily Emails to Digest #in” by Doug Neeper

Doug Neeper — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:48:59 +0000

Sean, I’ve been out of telecom for almost two years, but I could point you to others whose knowledge is more current.
If you want some one to talk with / run ideas by, I’m happy to help. Doug Neeper (925) 451-4541.

Comment on “Change Daily Emails to Digest #in” by Sean Heath

Sean Heath — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:11:02 +0000

Hi Doug.

I’ve been reading some of your older blog posts, and was wondering if you were still active in the telecom industry. I would love to talk to you about recent trends in the DAS sector. I am an appraiser working out of San Diego, and am working on an appraisal of the City of San Diego’s DAS sites.

Comment on Affiliations by Xin

Xin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:56:03 +0000

Hi Doug,

Not sure if you remember us…Met you in Dec. at the Christmas Party! We like your site…Alot of information.

No, I am not spoiled.

Erick is feeling better.

Xin and Anita

Comment on How do download your Linkedin Contacts in a CSV file by Andy Schneit

Andy Schneit — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:06:12 +0000

Doug,

You sound sceptical.

Finance people and spreadsheets; like three year olds and hammers.

I downloaded my Linkedin contacts last night. Why? To better manage my networking.

I added several columns of data to answer the following questions.

Where do I know this person from? What industry are they working in? Do I know this person well enough to give/request a trusted introduction?

Filtering on different fields, I discovered several patterns in the data, patterns that I’m using to prioritize my networking efforts.

Wouldn’t I need a premium Linkedin account to do the same thing (for a fee)?

Andy

Comment on Distributed Antenna System (DAS) by Scott S

Scott S — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:44:52 +0000

Agreed. The quality of the installation begins with the design of the system and there is no doubt about it. This is your “road map” to completing the rest of the installation. Yes there are changes along the way when different issues arise, but most times these are very minor changes and shouldn’t have much,if any, effect on the final outcome of the system.

Willis, in terms of the the DAS installations being left in the hands of the carriers, I’m not totally sold on that idea. You hit the nail on the head with the fact that DAS deployments are growing at rapid past and this causes strain on the quality of installations, but I don’t think that being left in the hands of the carrier would change this. It’s up to the private providers and/or carriers, whoever is building the system, to ensure that the contractors they are using have the experience and expertise in all aspects of the project. This just like building anything else. If you skimp on the project and try to cut corners then you’re going to deliver a bad product, which I’ve personally witnessed as a carrier had to revisit the design phase after deploying a campus wide build out and had issues in the final commissioning phase.

Comment on Solar Power Costs Coming Down? You betcha! by solar power prices | Wind And Solar

solar power prices | Wind And Solar — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:14:58 +0000

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Comment on Director, Government Affairs – US California/Nevada (Oakland) by Doug Neeper

Doug Neeper — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:34:32 +0000

SolarJobs@solarmillennium.com; weekends are a bit tight, but Saturday morning around 8AM, Sunday afternoons after 1PM would be OK, let me know.

Doug Neeper

Comment on Distributed Antenna System (DAS) by Dave

Dave — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:19:41 +0000

I think it depends too on the design. A trusted company should be used for Distributed Antenna System design to ensure the coverage of the area.

Comment on Distributed Antenna System (DAS) by Mills

Mills — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:50:17 +0000

I have been in the wireless field for the past 20yrs, the past 5yrs building DAS. My personal feelings about the DAS installations is that it would be better left in the hands of the carrier to build rather than a private provider to multible carriers.
The quality of the installation is severly hamperd by the demand for quantity. This high demand for quantity puts a strain on future installations due to the bad name that follows the provider from one market to the next. I beleive the providers owe it not only to their clients but the public as well to provide the best installation availible. Currently this is not happening with any of the big 3 providers.

Comment on Overview and status of California solar projects by Doug Neeper

Doug Neeper — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:26:20 +0000

Gary, sorry being wrapped up in budgets, forecasting, etc., focused on our Blythe Project. To my knowledge, the ARRA 2009 doesn’t allocated $ to a specific project, but rather to projects as a group, I know that 10+- of the large scale solar projects are ‘short listed’ and I believe one of the Tessera Solar projects recently received BLM final approval, not sure its ‘your’s’ or not.