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? 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? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
