Hi Shawn, Thanks for your feedback. I was planning to set up a proper web site and then submit to search engines but thought I'd stick it out on a couple of newsgroups to what response I would get. I've checked out other labs and I would rather price it low and have it used all of the time than not be used and be expensive. I know the value of hands on experience especially when preparing for the CCIE lab - you can't practice enough. If the demand was there I might re-invest in faster/more kit - it's just a sideline I'm starting. I'd rather hire it out for a week at a time as I work away from home at times. Looks like I've got a couple of volunteers anyway so I'll see how it goes.
Thanks again for your feedback and suggestions. Regards Regards""Kaminski, Shawn G"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > There are good and bad points about this. > > It's always good to have multiple lab vendors to choose from and I'm sure > that people would be interested. HOWEVER, the certification market is > saturated with labs like yours and with study materials, etc. It is very > difficult to break into this business without a lot of marketing. People > need to know how to find you, and that means search engine placement, word > of mouth, advertising, etc. Your pricing would have to be quite low to > compete with the labs currently out there. > > It's good that you're not looking to become a millionaire from this. Being > in the certification business for the last 3+ years, I can tell you that the > chances of this are slim to none! > > Your topology looks usable and people may want to use it to practice certain > topics for their CCNA/CCNP, providing your pricing is right! Check the other > labs out there to see what they're charging so you can be competitive. > > Shawn K. > > -----Original Message----- > From: testlab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Free trial access to CCIE equipment [7:69677] > > Hello there, > > I've set up a pod of equipment that can be accessed from the Internet. I'm > hoping to get some feedback on how usable it is and if there is a market for > selling access to this sort of stuff. I've spent a fair bit of money and > time setting it up. I've done the CCIE stuff so have some empathy with > anyone needing hands on practice. I'm not looking to become a millionaire or > anything but if I could make enough money each month to pay back my > investment and to cover the electricity bill for this stuff which is > currently heating up my garage then it might keep me in beer. I've set up a > temporary Personal Web Page to show the topology. > > http://www.testlab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk > > Features it doesn't have > Voice > ATM > > Features it does have > Frame Relay switch > ISDN simulator > Multicasting server > > Good points > Flexible - you can change the topology by putting routers into different > VLANs and/or changing Frame-Relay active DLCIs > > Bad points > 1x2600 and 4 x 2500 which are slow to reboot. > > You can get asked anything for the CCIE R&S lab but the core is IP so in my > opinion you might as well know it inside out and this kit should give you > the opportunity to test this. There are no exercises - just access to the > kit - at this point anyway. > > If you fancy a go for a day send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for > access details. In return you can let me know what you think and what would > be a fair price to access it. The connection details will change obviously > when your session has ended. I'll probably run it for a couple of weeks and > see what response I get. > > Regards > > Testlab Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=69710&t=69677 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
