From: Ben Mussa (leysouman@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2008 - 21:53:28 ARST
Hey man do you need CCIE written to be in this forum? What exactly are you trying to prove here ? do you work for Internetwork expert ? who cares if their sale team join the forum. Don't make my blood pressure goes high.
cheers,
Ben
CCIE RS <cciers@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
has Matt Brooks passed his CCIE written to be in this forum? does he have a
Lab date for the main lab exam?
is he not a sales type of guy from IPEXPERT? Can this forum allow sales
people? If so I hope the team from Internetworkexpert joins as they are
excellent in what they do. (Kady, Mike, Misty..etc)
SORRY IF I AM WRONG.
Regards
mark
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:00:04 -0500> From: mbrooks@ipexpert.com> To:
ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject: Re: FW: Finally Pass Voice Lab on first
attempt> CC: jatinder.p.singh@bt.com> > JP,> > First, I would like to
congratulate you on your success. Even in light of> your review of IPexpert, I
believe that you gained some benefit from our> products, courses and support.
For that, I am pleased to have been a part of> your success.> > It is good to
see that Brad and his team were able to help you as well. I am> pleased to say
that we have developed a great relationship with the> CCbootcamp staff. Brad
runs a fine operation and is generous with his time> and desire to help CCIE
candidates.> > I am, however, disappointed that your review did not
acknowledge the many> phone calls and emails that our team engaged with you,
which certainly went> well outside our "normal" level of support. I suppose it
is true in business> that "you can't please all the people all the time," but
we will continue> trying to assist other CCIE Voice candidates...> >
----------------> On February 8th 2008 I passed my CCIE Voice Lab in RTP. I
took the IPexpert> 10 day boot camp in Richardson TX, and I can't express
enough how much this> helped me to pass. I have been working with IPT for over
6 years and have> done Call Manager installs all the way back to the version
3.0, but still> picked up a wealth of new knowledge at this boot camp that if
I hadn't had I> would not have passed.> > Vik's help was amazing and I
couldn't come up with any questions to stump> him. If I had a question on any
of the technology he always had an answer> for me. IPexpert's Voice boot camp
and practice materials are second to> none. Had I not gone to the boot camp I
don't feel like I would have passed> the lab. I would also like to say the
proctor lab equipment is great, and I> used it exclusively to study for the
lab at home since I could not afford to> buy my own lab.> > Sincerely,> >
Allen Hartman> CCIE #11381 (Voice, R&S)> > ----------------> > I passed on
January 29, 2008. One of my friend recommended IPexpert's CCIE> Bootcamp as a
good way to prepare for the lab. The bootcamp was really> helpful in terms of
measuring your own readiness to take the test. I would> definitely recommend
to sign-up for this bootcamp BEFORE you even sign up> for the real lab
attempt. You may find out that you are not ready or there> are many
other/better strategies you could use to give you a better chance> at passing
the lab.> > Mark Snow was very helpful/knowledgeable and provided useful
insights about> things to look out for during the test. I also ordered the
workbook from> IPexpert which I used to do time trials for the real test.> > I
guess I am really proud that I was able to pass this test more than 10> years
after I passed my first R&S CCIE. Big thumbs up for IPexpert!> > Andras Arato>
CCIE #3297 (Voice, R&S)> > ----------------> > I would like to express my
gratitude for the training that I received from> IPexpert in preparing for my
Voice CCIE lab. I used the Voice Proctor Guide> to gain a solid foundation of
the possible testable topics in the Voice CCIE> lab, and then partook of the 5
day lab experience boot camp taught by Vik> Malhi roughly one month before I
sat for the exam. I was thoroughly> impressed with Vik's knowledge, and a few
times during the course my lab> partner and I would bet on how quickly Vik
would know the answers to our> questions before we finished the questioning
sentence.> > In addition, during the month after my bootcamp and before my lab
practical,> I posed many questions to the online forum that Mark Snow would
respond too.> Mark's explanations were clear and concise and he went above and
beyond in> many situations to make sure I understood the material. I am happy
to report> that on January 22nd of 2008, I passed the Voice lab and feel
strongly that> IPexpert was a contributing factor.> > However, I would also
like to make the point that IPexpert does not train> people to pass the CCIE
Lab exam. To the contrary, IPexpert's training> regiment ensures that each
individual actually understands the technology> and truly becomes a better
engineer.> > In much appreciation,> > Mike Schultz> CCIE (R&S, Voice) #7935> >
----------------> IPexpert was recommended to me by a local Cisco SE, who
recently took a boot> camp, and by a coworker who used the lab guide to pass
his Voice lab last> year. I worked through several of the exercises in the
workbook before> taking the boot camp.> > The boot camp really helped me
understand several critical areas much better> and helped me develop a
strategy for the lab. After the boot camp I worked> through all of the labs in
the workbook and the new e-books using the> Proctor Labs online racks. Working
through all of the labs helped me learn> even more and increased my speed.> >
After completing the workbook and the e-books I felt ready for the lab and>
was not nervous on test day. Because of all the hard work and preparation I>
was able to pass the Voice lab on my first attempt. This was not easy and>
required many hours of study. You cannot just go to a boot camp and expect> to
pass, but with hard work and IPexpert products you can pass the lab.> > The
most important part of the whole experience of studying for and passing> the
voice lab was that I greatly expanded my voice knowledge, which will> help me
provide better service to my customers.> > Hal White, CCIE (R&S, Voice)
#12507> > ----------------> > Since my first CCIE Routing & Switching achieved
in 2003, I have been used> IPexpert workbook. I practiced the complete whole
book including the> break-down practice and one-day mock labs. It helped me a
lot to pass the> R&S lab in 2 attempts. The workbook covered much wider scope
than the real> lab, and it was based on the 9-routers case scenarios (the real
lab has only> 6 routers). Which helped me a lot to keep the confidence till
the end to> complete the R&S CCIE lab within 4 hours. Yes, 4 hours only. So I
could have> another 4 hours to fully test the lab one by one.> > Before I
started my CCIE Voice study, I researched on which workbook in the> market is
the best that could fit me to practice the hands-on experience,> since I
didn't have much hands-on, regardless I was a CCVP. I am so far very> happy
with the decision to choose the IPExpert workbook. It covered a lot of> major
topics for the section practice on CallManager, Unity, IPCC, Fax, GW,> GK and
so forth. It took me 3 attempts to pass Voice CCIE in exact one year.> The
workbook, again, helped me prepared more stuff than the real lab asked> for.
So I could feel confidence everytime sit inside the real lab. The first> two
attempts were not really bad, and I felt I was closer and closer to the> final
success. And eventually I nailed it down on the 3rd attempt. It was> again, in
the first 4.5 hours I completed the whole lab, and spent the rest> of time for
testing and troubleshooting.> > IPExpert had the first-class of CCIE Voice
rack rental. I tried a couple> sessions before the final exam during the
Christmas and New Year holiday> season. Their after-hour support was
phenomenal. It was instant and> efficient. I was very impressive with the
effort of the support team, since> they were just like standing beside you and
reply to you through the email> and fix the issue very quickly. Also, IPexpert
has their own mailing list,> in addition to their online CCIE forum, that I
could post my questions and> get the answer instantly from both instructors
and other CCIE candidates> around the world.> > I would certainly recommend
IPexpert products to those future CCIEs. Welcome> to the club.> > Thank you
again IPexpert.> > Weihui Ted Meng, CCIE #12621> > ----------------> >
http://www.ipexpert.com/index.cfm/Testimonials> --> Matt Brooks> Vice
President - IPexpert, Inc.> Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 x101> Mailto:
mbrooks@ipexpert.com> > > > > Subject: Finally Pass Voice Lab on first
attempt> > > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:17:33 +0000> > > From:
jatinder.p.singh@bt.com> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com> > >> > > Dear All,> >
>> > > Yesterday, I passed my ccie voice lab at brussels on my first attempt.>
> > Firstly I would like to thank all who helped me towards achieving this> >
> goal. Special thanks to Tarun pahuja, and the CCBootcamp team (Brad) who> >
> gave me personal support. Even though I did not buy any of their> > >
products they gave their personal contact details and helped me when I> > >
needed much help.> > >> > > I started this journey in early 2007, I cleared
the written after> > > reading all the recommended cisco press books. Then my
company supported> > > me in buying all the voice lab equipment which I setup
in my office.> > > They also approved for me to go on a bootcamp, and I choose
to go to the> > > IPexpert for 12 days.> > >> > > I bought all IPexpert
products including COD and spent more then> > > $10,000. However I found their
bootcamp demoralizing and disappointing> > > . I was discouraged and told that
no one could pass the lab in the> > > first attempt. I felt they were hiding
things from me so as to prolong> > > my studies so as to keep me lingering
on.. Their support was terrible,> > > their workbook had errors, little
explanations and I found myself> > > spending hours being frustrated when
things would not work due to> > > ommisions or things not explained properly.
As a customer I expect a> > > teaching product to be accurate and explain
things so as to reinforce> > > my technical abilities, but soon I discovered
that their strategy was> > > to hide things, to make me it difficult instead
and to mentally> > > discourage me so that I was guaranteed to fail on first
attempt.> > >> > > However I kept positive and determined to pass this exam
and made a> > > challenge to pass it on my first attempt. I spent the next two
months> > > off work and studying 15-18 hours per day and working on my
weaknesses.> > > I consulted the cisco press books several times until I was
comfortable> > > with every technology and spent hours on-hands practising on
all the> > > technologies.> > >> > > From my experience the lab was not as
hard as I thought it would be. I> > > got back from Brussels today and saw the
good news.. now its time for a> > > break and some celebration.> > >> > >
Thanks to you all.....> > >> > > J P Singh> > >> > > CCIE (R & S , Voice)> >
>> > >
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