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From: bqt@update.uu.se (Johnny Billquist)
Subject: [TUHS] Ping times
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:05:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8df0fe1f-6624-2648-6a03-9475b858d3cd@update.uu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2993F3BB-9286-4523-A7D6-FDFE57A6D2BD@superglobalmegacorp.com>

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On 2017-02-10 03:07, Jason Stevens wrote:
> 8.8.8.8 <http://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....

It's not a multicast in the traditional sense. But it is hosted in many 
locations, yes.

	Johnny

> Try 4.2.2.2 <http://4.2.2.2> or 4.2.2.4 <http://4.2.2.4> for some old
> easy to remember DNS servers
>
> On February 10, 2017 7:03:59 AM GMT+08:00, Joerg Schilling
> <schily at schily.net> wrote:
>
>     Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
>
>         Meh. From Uppsala in Sweden I seem to have about 2ms ping time
>         to 8.8.8.8 <http://8.8.8.8>...
>
>         Psilocybe:update/bqt> ping 8.8.8.8 <http://8.8.8.8>
>         PING 8.8.8.8 <http://8.8.8.8> (8.8.8.8 <http://8.8.8.8>) 56(84)
>         bytes of data.
>         64 bytes from 8.8.8.8 <http://8.8.8.8>: icmp_req=1 ttl=56
>         time=2.10 ms
>
>
>     You seem to live in a location where the light speed is higher than usual ;-)
>
>     1ms = 300 km in my area.
>
>     Berlin <-> SF is aprox. 9100 km
>
>     Jörg
>
>
> --
> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.


-- 
Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
                                   ||  on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se             ||  Reading murder books
pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol


      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-02-10  8:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.220.1486670111.3779.tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
2017-02-09 21:13 ` [TUHS] Ping times (was: Code bloat) Johnny Billquist
2017-02-09 23:03   ` Joerg Schilling
2017-02-09 23:09     ` [TUHS] Ping times Johnny Billquist
2017-02-10  2:07     ` [TUHS] Ping times (was: Code bloat) Jason Stevens
2017-02-10  4:15       ` Corey Lindsly
2017-02-10  8:05       ` Johnny Billquist [this message]

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