RE: CCIE lab fee raised!

Yeah...I heard some rumors that they've made some continued progress on
catalyst switching software enhancements in IOU...i'd venture a guess
that the IOU upgrade has something to do with this...

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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Michael Kiefer
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 3:10 PM
To: Brian Dennis
Cc: Jay McMickle; Group Study
Subject: Re: CCIE lab fee raised!

The proctor at RTP did say that they were in the process of upgrading
all of the IOU hardware after my last attempt in June. She said the
grading would be done quickly so they could upgrade the hardware. I had
a score 12 minutes after the test was done.

I have to wonder if they will start using it for other tracks.

I missed the TS section by a hair, which I was aware of. I was 95% sure
I had the config part, but failed it too. I got screwed on the grading,
because I had one section with two 3 point questions and got a score of
33% on that section. Had I passed the TS, I would have done a re-grade.
It's impossible to get 33% on that section. A few other items didn't add
up either. I think they scored me with the wrong script.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Brian Dennis <bdennis_at_ine.com> wrote:

> Maybe it's so Cisco can pay for the IOU upgrade to the configuration
> section of the R&S lab ;-)
>
> Good luck with your studies!
>
> Brian Dennis, CCIEx5 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP/Voice)
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> On 8/1/11 4:57 AM, "Jay McMickle" <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Has anyone else seen this? I didn't see any prior notice, either. So,

> >even though we have our lab booked, it looks like we still have to
> >pay the increased fee. I'm not excited about this unannounced change.
> >
> >
> >
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