Uh, Are you sure? Take a look at the C/S lab requirements. Not the written requirements, but the lab requirements. Notice how the lab has practically nothing to do with the written(s).
Part of the great confusion over the C/S program is the fact that it has 8 possible writtens (each one concentrating on one particular provider technology - like you mentioned: optical, dial, DSL, etc.). But then the lab has nothing to do with any of those technologies, and concentrates on those niche provider applications that I mentioned before. No matter whether you passed the written for optical, or the written for dial, or whatever, you still end up taking the same C/S lab as everybody else, which by the way has nothing to do with optical, or dial, or whatever you did. This stands as a far cry from, say, R/S or the Security CCIE program, where the written actually is tied fairly closely to the lab. Again, this further adds to the confusion and muddling of the program. By becoming a fully-fledged C/S CCIE, you have not demonstrated hands-on competence in the ONS series, or the Stratacom stuff, or the Cisco DSL stuff, or whatever. You have demonstrated only book knowledge. Like I said, if you don't believe this, take a look at the lab requirements carefully. ""travis marlow"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].; > um...I work with Optical/voice/cable/dsl.. I didn't know about this cert > but it sounds pretty good. I'm concentrating on the R/S right now because I > believe that it is a good foundation to expand from. I work for a > Cable/Telephone/Broadband Internet company that offers all 3 services over a > single coax to your residence. We also have a large fiber ring around > Kansas City that we light via ONS 15454's. Offer traditional TDM services > and some metro ethernet. We also own a sister company that my group is > responsible for that delivers the converged services via VDSL. I moved into > this environment from an enterprise environment and I'm having a blast. > Everything is new and exciting with technology galore to learn. The point > of this post was to say that there are some of us out there that would be a > good fit for the CCIE C/S. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36983&t=36682 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
