CCIE Lab Assessment Exams or Mock Labs

From: darbyweaver@yahoo.com
Date: Tue May 02 2006 - 22:50:09 ART


Now here is the mother of all questions:

1. Have you taken a Vendor's Assessment Exam?
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A. IE Mock Labs (4 Labs) - $1995.00 (Class on Demand for 1 full year)

B. NMC CheckIT (6 Labs) or RS-NMC-2 (4 Labs) - $4500.00 (3 Instructors available)

C. Heinz Ulm's Mock Labs (4 Labs + 1 take-home Lab)- $2600.00

D. NLI's Mock Labs(5 Labs with Walkthrough Instructions) - $1500.00 (no instructor per website advertisement - rack and labs with walkthroughs)

E. IPExpert's Mock Labs (4 Labs) - $3999.00

F. Cisco CCIE Assessor (1 Lab) - $279.00

G. Others... (Cysco Expert, Cathay School, etc. - I was not aware they offered these types of labs but just in case...)

(In no particular order.)

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2. How well did you think the lab assessed your actual lab readiness?
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3. Would you recommend it? Why and why not?
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4. Other opinions you may wish to share...
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5. Would you recommend using one or more of the above offerings? (I notice that several CCIE's over the years have used more than one of the above vendors is why I ask)
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6. If there were something that could be improved upon what would it be?
(Grading, Feedback, Topology, Customer Service, Dificulty of Labs, etc.)
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((Disclaimer: I do not work for any of the above and I have no affiliation with any of the above except as a consumer.)



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