Wireless Friday, January 23, 2009

Got to love wireless!

ping www.google.com
...
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=346ms TTL=249
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=425ms TTL=249
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=641ms TTL=249
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=212ms TTL=249
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=992ms TTL=249
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=428ms TTL=249
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=587ms TTL=249
Request timed out.
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=166ms TTL=249
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=526ms TTL=249
Reply from 74.125.19.99: bytes=32 time=324ms TTL=249
...
Ping statistics for 74.125.19.99:
    Packets: Sent = 760, Received = 626, Lost = 134 (17% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 1061ms, Average = 235ms

OK, to be fair, that was the free wireless in Mountain View provided by Google. Perhaps not the best internet connection one might find. "You get what you pay for" and all that. And it allowed me to read the news while waiting for the Caltrain!