Bob, it is very impressive what you could do and I do applaud you for building your own lab for $2500, but this is not what I and I believe others are looking for. What we are looking for is a better customer service. There seems to be quite a number of people, even senior CCIEs who are not happy with 8hour slots, who would welcome 4hour slots, and so I do not see a single reason why IPX would not help with this.
Marian Odoslané z iPadu / Sent from iPad Dňa 31.5.2012, o 19:28, Bob McCouch <[email protected]> napísal: > Two comments on your experience, Rob: > > 1) I believe Marko has stated before at you can contact ProctorLabs > support to start a session after the designated start time, but then > you'll get less than your 8 hours (slot still ends at the same time). > > 2) Regarding voucher expiration, I was told when I purchased the BLS > that vouchers could be extended by the sales team. Indeed, most of > mine were set to expire last month and I contacted a sales rep and > asked for an extension. They were extended for another year. > > However, I also find the PL time blocks to be inconvenient (and hard > to schedule when I want them, they always seem all booked), so I built > a home lab using 3560/3550 switches, a Dynamips/IOU server, and 3 > 1841s to act as R1, R7, and R8 (as they don't need frame connectivity > to the other devices). This hybrid lab gives me just about everything > I need and with smart eBay shopping and some ingenuity I put the whole > thing together for about US$2500 (including a 3750 breakout switch, a > small server, rack, power control, console server, etc). > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 31, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Rob Pool <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't remember how many sessions came with my End-to-End solution, but I >> ended up letting a significant amount of them expire. It was very >> frustrating to have spent a lot of money and not get that value. I could >> have even dealt with the 8 hour window if they would have at least allowed >> you to schedule a rack after the window started if there was one available. >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Jay McMickle <[email protected]> >> To: Rob Pool <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; >> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:46 AM >> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] vrack time slots availability >> >> >> LOL. >> I have VRACK time, but I don't want to burn 8 hour slots, either! My >> suggestion- cut the cost in half or make 4 hour sessions available! >> >> Regards, >> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (R&S) >> Sent from iJay >> >> On May 31, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Rob Pool <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Haha, It seems like I'm good at getting myself in trouble. :) Hopefully >> Marco won't put the smack down on me too badly. >>> >>> >>> I really don't believe that I said anything that wasn't true. I'm sure that >>> most everyone at IPX knows that their customers want a shorter time slot >>> and have for quite some time. The last time this email thread came up I >>> believe Marco made mention of some potential technical issues with going to >>> 4 hour time slots. The reality is IPX will require a big enough business >>> driver to make it worth their effort to overcome the technical issues. >>> Business Driver=Money. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Jay McMickle <[email protected]> >>> To: Rob Pool <[email protected]> >>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; >>> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:56 AM >>> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] vrack time slots availability >>> >>> Uh oh. I think I hear Marco coming. You are sooooo in trouble! ;) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (R&S) >>> Sent from iJay >>> >>> On May 31, 2012, at 6:22 AM, Rob Pool <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nothing against IPX, because they've provided invaluable training >>>> material. However, they've been talking about 4 hour time slots at least a >>>> couple years and it hasn't happened yet. I went out and bought my own rack >>>> of gear to the tune of over $11k. Fortunately for those that haven't done >>>> that yet, the prices have dropped significantly and you could probably do >>>> it for less than half of that. My suggestion is do the same if you want >>>> the freedom and flexibility to train when you have time. Also, the best >>>> way to institute change is with your money going somewhere else. A vendor >>>> can ignore requests when you're still spending money, but they can't if >> revenues are dropping. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On May 31, 2012, at 4:43 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello IP Experts, >>>>> >>>>> A few weeks if not months ago I asked the same already, whether there >>>>> will be a chance for booking the vracks for 4hour slots instead of >>>>> current 8hours. The reasoning why I provided that time and looked like >>>>> there are much more people from this community who are interested in the >>>>> same than anyone including me could expect. >>>>> >>>>> The response from the IPX instructor that time was that IPX is thinking >>>>> of implementing 4hour slots but had not definite plan for that. Let me >>>>> therefore ask you again the same, will you please make the 4hour vrack >>>>> time slots available for those who are based in Europe, those who just >>>>> need to spend labbing time on individual technologies >> and are not interested yet in practicing the mock labs where 8hour slots are >> understandable? >>>>> >>>>> Marian Franc >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >>>>> visit www.ipexpert.com >>>>> >>>>> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out >>>>> www.PlatinumPlacement.com >>>>> >>>>> http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >>>> visit www.ipexpert.com >>>> >>>> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? 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