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Originally Posted by BarryStiefel  The word I'm hearing from ATC's is that there are too many of them and that the competition reduces the enrollment and makes it unprofitable to run one.
Many resellers open an ATC purely for defensive purposes, to prevent their customers from being poached while attending class at another ATC that happens to be a reseller.
Check Point charges a hefty annual fee to be an ATC, and hefty per-student fees for the courseware. The story I'm hearing is that Check Point makes all the money on the training and the ATC's pay rent and the big annual fee and can't make a profit.
Also, is "60 miles west of Dallas" the kind of place that can provide enough students? Without the University, probably not.
From what I hear, people open an ATC because they have to, to defend their customers, not because they want to, because they're not profitable for anyone but Check Point. |
I'm sure if there were any people attending such a Check Point course here it would be comprised completely of students from the University.
Thanks Barry for the insight!
I know it may sound greedy and all (as is the nature of our capitalistic society) but if I couldn't make a buck off of it then it wouldn't be worth my time.
Nick Powers