You need a number beside that ... :-) I think we may have 40 CCIE's in NZ. Very hard to get this cert ... It is rumoured that 80% fail the first time. Also you have to have a holiday in Australia and sit the tests at the same time. What a shame ;-) Allister. -----Original Message----- From: Andy Linton [mailto:asjl(a)lionra.net.nz] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2002 2:37 p.m. To: J S Russell Cc: Allister Clarke; 'nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz' Subject: RE: NZNOG Conference 2002: Feedback So Far On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, J S Russell wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Allister Clarke wrote:

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The books are good bedtime reading;-) Also it can be cool to more letters after your name at parties :-)

It's a qualification made up by a commercial entity.

If you assert that you "Can Configure Internet Equipment", why shouldn't you call yourself: Fred Bloggs, CCIE - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog