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[bogstad at pobox.com (Bill Bogstad)]

> It would be interesting to see some ping times from other providers
> (Comcast, Verizon DSL, RCN etc)

As requested.   This is on a Comcast residential connection in Cambridge.
RTT are substantially better then you saw.

Bill Bogstad

Script started on Fri 13 Apr 2007 09:04:18 AM EDT
$ ping mit.edu
PING mit.edu (18.7.22.69) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=6.92 ms
64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=6.83 ms
64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=6.68 ms
64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=7.40 ms
64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=6.74 ms
64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=5 ttl=245 time=7.39 ms
64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=6 ttl=245 time=9.07 ms
64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=7 ttl=245 time=7.79 ms

--- mit.edu ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 received, 0% packet loss, time 7076ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.687/7.359/9.079/0.751 ms, pipe 2
$ ping bu.edu
PING bu.edu (128.197.27.7) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=7.90 ms
64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=7.48 ms
64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=7.40 ms
64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=7.52 ms
64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=13.0 ms
64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=9.01 ms
64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=6 ttl=242 time=8.56 ms

--- bu.edu ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6066ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 7.404/8.700/13.003/1.847 ms, pipe 2
$ ping www.harvard.edu
PING hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=0
ttl=243 time=7.85 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=1
ttl=243 time=8.24 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=2
ttl=243 time=6.89 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=3
ttl=243 time=7.48 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=4
ttl=243 time=10.1 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=5
ttl=243 time=6.79 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=6
ttl=243 time=6.80 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=7
ttl=243 time=7.66 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=8
ttl=243 time=6.92 ms
64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=9
ttl=243 time=6.22 ms

--- hno-webprod.harvard.edu ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9085ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.229/7.507/10.185/1.061 ms, pipe 2
$ ping brandies.edu
PING brandies.edu (129.64.99.169) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=0
ttl=52 time=16.1 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=1
ttl=52 time=9.54 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=2
ttl=52 time=9.45 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=3
ttl=52 time=8.84 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=4
ttl=52 time=8.91 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=5
ttl=52 time=7.06 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=6
ttl=52 time=8.26 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=7
ttl=52 time=6.62 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=8
ttl=52 time=6.83 ms
64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=9
ttl=52 time=6.89 ms

--- brandies.edu ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9095ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.626/8.861/16.167/2.662 ms, pipe 2
$ ping neu.edu
PING neu.edu (155.33.227.140) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=8.12 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=6.87 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=6.85 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=8.99 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=7.79 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=5 ttl=50 time=7.18 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=6 ttl=50 time=7.74 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=7 ttl=50 time=7.79 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=8 ttl=50 time=8.19 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=9 ttl=50 time=8.69 ms
64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=10 ttl=50 time=6.50 ms

--- neu.edu ping statistics ---
11 packets transmitted, 11 received, 0% packet loss, time 10098ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.505/7.705/8.991/0.757 ms, pipe 2
$ exit

Script done on Fri 13 Apr 2007 09:06:51 AM ED

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