RE: Cisco Charging for Packet now?

From: Mark Lasarko (mlasarko@co.ba.md.us)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2006 - 20:17:49 ART

Greetings Chris (& GS),

"Cisco are you listening ...."

I can add the following:

I sent them the same email I posted this morning on GS.
They responded the same day with an email followed by a phone call.
Now it looks like I will be getting a printed copy for at least another year!
:)

I will not bore you all with the details. Let's just say they clearly
recognize those of us who are Cisco-certified at a professional level or
higher. They have a system that is less than perfect, and individuals at a
certain level of certification should have received some sort of email offer.
Most of GS (I would think?) should have received this, but obviously did not
or do not care if they did as no one responded as having received such a
notification.

Best,
~M

>>> "Christopher M. Heffner" <cheffner@certified-labs.com> 06/15/06 2:45 PM
>>>

The interesting issue will be if the advertisers who have really paid
for Packet magazine all these years decide to stop advertising in Packet
magazine since there will be fewer and fewer hardcopies of the actual
magazine.

I know that if I was an advertiser that I would be upset with the decide
to start charging Cisco customers for the printed version when it is
really the advertisers that Cisco makes their money from when it comes
to Packet magazine.

Of course we were all promised last year at Networkers 2005 that Packet
magazine would be continued to be free for those of us that did not want
the digital copy but the hardcopy instead.

I wonder if I can ask for a magic button for the digital version of
Packet magazine that would print out the magazine on my color duplex
laser printer WITHOUT all the advertiser's ads since it is now my dime.

Cisco are you listening ....

Christopher M. Heffner, CCIE 8211, CCSI 98760
Strategic Network Solutions, Inc.
Certified Cisco Systems Instructor

www.certified-labs.com

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Mark Lasarko
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:46 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Cisco Charging for Packet now?

Hey y'all, It is a little more than two or three $'s (USD) per issue...

PRINT Edition Pricing:

ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION (4 issues) for just $29.95 ($36.50 International,
US Dollars) - 15% off cover price.

TWO-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION (8 issues) for just $53.70 ($65.70 International,
US Dollars) - 25% off cover price

THREE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION (12 issues) for just $75.18
($91.98 International, US Dollars) - 30% off cover price.
*Single issue cover price: $8.95 U.S./$10.95
Internationalhttps://www.cambeywest.com/pkt/pktpaids.asp

1yr ~ $7.49/issue USD ($9.13 International) 2yr ~ $6.71/issue USD ($8.21
International) 3yr ~ $6.27/issue USD ($7.67 International)

WTF?

Hopefully they will still offer a free one @ Networkers' next week?
(Probably the same last free copy we just got in the mail recently)

That's a shame - lot's of good info over the years :(

Complaint Department:
packet-editor@cisco.com
~M

>>> "Victor Cappuccio" <cvictor@protokolgroup.com> 06/14/06 7:18 PM >>>

Maybe...
Especially for people outside the US, and with Dolar Currency
restrictions

-----Mensaje original-----
De: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] En nombre de
Plank, Jason Enviado el: Miircoles, 14 de Junio de 2006 06:56 p.m.
Para: Joe Rinehart; 'Scott Thornton'; 'Cisco certification'
Asunto: RE: Cisco Charging for Packet now?

Isn't it like 2 or 3 dollars an issue now too?

-------------------
J. Marshall Plank
Network Engineer
101 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
E-mail: JPlank@concordefs.com
Phone: 302-793-5913

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Joe Rinehart
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 3:44 PM
To: 'Scott Thornton'; 'Cisco certification'
Subject: RE: Cisco Charging for Packet now?

Yes found that out recently as well...

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Thornton
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:19 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: Cisco Charging for Packet now?

Did anyone see this? Packet is no longer free for the printed
edition...it now costs money.

I received my renewal notice today and it is no longer free, I checked
their web site to verify.

Interesting... 

--
Scott C Thornton

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