IT Gurus - good deal for Cisco training or not?

[Laner]

I've been interested in getting some IT certifications for a while now, and this showed up in my inbox this morning: 

http://www.groupon.com/deals/it-university-online-january-nashville

Worthwhile or no?

[hepcat]

Instructor led Cisco courses for 99 bucks?  I'd be real dubious about that kind of offer.  I took them via a local college years ago and paid around 700 bucks per semester and the instructor they gave us for that just read straight from the damn Cisco textbooks.  If you can afford 99 bucks, it may be worth it for the manuals and any online tools they provide though.

[ericb]

This isn't the first time I've seen this deal but I couldn't find anyone who bought it then either.  I would love to find some unbiased reviews on the actual training.