Pinging google.com [216.239.35.100] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.239.35.100: bytes=32 <b>time=861ms</b> TTL=51
Reply from 216.239.35.100: bytes=32 <b>time=792ms</b> TTL=51
Reply from 216.239.35.100: bytes=32 <b>time=781ms</b> TTL=51
Reply from 216.239.35.100: bytes=32 <b>time=841ms</b> TTL=51
Ping statistics for 216.239.35.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 781ms, Maximum = 861ms, Average = 818ms
I guess those packets take quite a while to get up into the sky. I will attest, it is fast, but things do occasionally time out…such as aim. FYI - a ping time of 300ms would be about what a 56K modem can pull..