From: Balmik Soin (balmik@staff.iinet.net.au)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2007 - 23:15:42 ART
Hey Ben,
How's it going - hope Datacom are still treating you well!
I've experienced the same pain as you with booking Sydney slots. Having
watched the bookings for a while to try and understand how it works, it
seems that the Sydney labs only run for about two weeks in each month at
the moment - thus there's a period during which no labs are visible at
all, and then it seems a bunch of them open up - but they're all within
a week or two, because they're people who have been dropped off for
nonpayment - it seems that whatever system handles the 30-day expiry
does something like weekly batches instead of daily checks.
However if you persevere and keep checking every day, slots do open up -
unfortunately it means you'll only know a week or two in advance before
your test date.
When are you planning to take the lab? I'm shooting for some time in
October, but given the difficultly with booking I'll probably end up
taking whatever I can get when they're available...
-- Balmik Soin Voice Network Engineer Desk: +61-8-9213-1370 Voice Engineering - Network Services Mobile: +61-414-429-266 iiNet Limited balmik@staff.iinet.net.au> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Holko [mailto:ben.holko@datacom.com.au] > Sent: Monday, 6 August 2007 7:58 PM > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com > Subject: Can't get a lab date > > Anyone else finding it tough to find a lab date? > > I can't get one in Sydney at all, and looking at some other big > locations, some are showing none, and some none until Jan 2008 > > I know they only show 180 days in advance, but normally there's some > cancellations for at least the immediate 2 or 3 days. > > I contacted CCIE help, and they assure me that all places are > legitimately taken up, but I'm checking Sydney multiple times per day > and I can't get one! > > > Ben > >
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