From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: corey@lod.com (Corey Lindsly)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 20:15:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [TUHS] Ping times (was: Code bloat)
In-Reply-To: <2993F3BB-9286-4523-A7D6-FDFE57A6D2BD@superglobalmegacorp.com>
Message-ID: <20170210041526.D3C1140B9@lod.com>

> 8.8.8.8 is a multicast. Google has these servers all over the world so 
> it's no surprise that everyone has good timing to them....

Well, technically it's anycast, which is conceptually similar to 
multicast but a distinct routing protocol. Anycast is one-to-nearest while 
multicast is one-to-many (selected).

--corey