Re: CCIE lab fee raised!

Perception is reality. Speculation is speculation and a far truth from my
perception... which is the only reality I know. I have a lab date booked for
next Tuesday but never received any notification of the hike. I will be
prepared with a fresh Ben Franklin if needed. Thanks for the information.

Marc

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Shane K <shanekgs_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't mind the price hike.
> I didn't like the approach though - I got a mail on August first saying
> that
> all exams processed after August first would be at the new price.
>
> That's life I guess!
> On Aug 2, 2011 9:08 PM, "John Pelletier" <john.pelletier_at_altima-group.com>
> wrote:
> > Once it is done via Peason Vue will they be selling the actual labs to
> > testking etc as they do now? Can you imagine the lab will be as worthless
> > as an MCSE and countless other vendor certs.
> >
> > --- On Tue, 8/2/11, Brad Ellis <brad_at_ccbootcamp.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Brad Ellis <brad_at_ccbootcamp.com>
> > Subject: RE: CCIE lab fee raised!
> > To: "Daniel Dib" <daniel.dib_at_reaper.nu>, "Michael Kiefer"
> > <mjkiefer_at_gmail.com>
> > Cc: "Jay McMickle" <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com>, "Group Study"
> > <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 1:16 PM
> >
> > I'd venture to guess that the general plan is to have the entire R&S run
> > on IOU...that is the direction Cisco is heading...it makes economies of
> > scale much easier and also enables Cisco to utilize the Pearson Vue
> > professional testing centers to deliver the CCIE Lab exam...yeah...it's
> > coming! :)
> >
> > thanks,
> > Brad Ellis
> > CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security)
> > CCSI# 30482
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Dib [mailto:daniel.dib_at_reaper.nu]
> > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:25 PM
> > To: Brad Ellis; 'Michael Kiefer'
> > Cc: 'Jay McMickle'; 'Group Study'
> > Subject: RE: CCIE lab fee raised!
> >
> > On ti, aug 02, 2011 at 00:17:40, Brad Ellis wrote:
> >> Cc: Jay McMickle; Group Study
> >> Subject: 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...
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> Brad Ellis
> >> CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security)
> >> CCSI# 30482
> >> CEO / President
> >> CCBOOTCAMP
> >> Email: brad_at_ccbootcamp.com
> >> Toll Free: 877-654-2243
> >> International: +1-702-968-5100
> >> Skype: skype:ccbootcamp?call
> >> FAX: +1-702-446-8012
> >> Training And Remote Racks: http://www.ccbootcamp.com
> >>
> >
> > Are they implementing IOU for config section also? IOU doesn't seem to
> > do any hardware specific features like QoS so I don't see how they could
> > run it on the config section unless they just let you type the commands
> > like Packet Tracer and then give you an output without really doing
> > anything on the backend.
> >
> > For those of you that recently took the lab was the TS section working
> > OK?
> > Since it is running IOU.
> >
> > /Daniel
> >
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