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I have never used them and my question is are they worthwhile? They seem to be expensive when you consider how long they are and I don't see how a 20 hour VoD is going to help prepare somone for something like the CCIE lab.

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Ahriakin

Do you meant CBTs in general or a specific vendor? I find CBTs to be great when approaching something new as that initial highly visual training really helps familiarise you with the topic and lays a great foundation for detailed study. But I think for the CCIE, where you will likely already be familiar with the devices/topics to some extent, their value is more limited.

keenon

dtlokee wrote:

I have never used them and my question is are they worthwhile? They seem to be expensive when you consider how long they are and I don't see how a 20 hour VoD is going to help prepare somone for something like the CCIE lab.

I think the vids are good if you want to have some study format to draw/learn topics in a form (other than reading a book) that you may struggle in or to fine tune. alot of times i set a study schedule and watch a video segment per session. most of the time i watch the vids before reading the book so the book becomes a refresher/ tuning session prior to hitting the lab time.

dtlokee

I'm talking about the ones made by the CCIE Lab vendors. The ones that are $2,000 for a 25 hour VoD. There are others that are less expensive but not having seen any of them I don't think I would buy them without somone's recommendation.

keenon

i think if your going to invest in a lab vid for 2k you may as well go to a

shameless plug heinzulm bootcamp for a week.. only benefit of a vid is you can replay it

mwgood

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MrD

Yeah the InternetworkExpert CoD's are awesome!