Comment Re:Latency (Score 1) 396
I have a CenturyLink DSL connection here in Arizona. My knowledge about networking is somewhat limited, but when I ping 8.8.8.8, I get 106 ms. Google.com is only 65.7 ms, and Slashdot.org is 116 ms.
When I ping the DNS address that is listed on the configuration page for my DSL modem, I get 57.1 ms (that test result is not included below).
At the moment the firewalls in my DSL modem and on my computer are set to not allow a response to being pinged, so I was not able to test their response time. These ping tests were done from my Linux Desktop computer, at home. I have a 1.5 Mbps/576 Kbps DSL connection from CenturyLink.
$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=54 time=106 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=2 ttl=54 time=106 ms
$ ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.224.238) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 2.bp.blogspot.com (74.125.224.238): icmp_req=1 ttl=57 time=65.8 ms
64 bytes from 2.bp.blogspot.com (74.125.224.238): icmp_req=2 ttl=57 time=65.7 ms
$ ping slashdot.org
PING slashdot.org (216.34.181.45) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=1 ttl=247 time=116 ms
64 bytes from slashdot.org (216.34.181.45): icmp_req=2 ttl=247 time=116 ms