> Well, I can reach both Australia and Japan from my laptop here
highly variable. e.g. here is to the next hop router.
roam.psg.com:/etc# ping 130.128.20.1
PING 130.128.20.1 (130.128.20.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=255 time=10833.169 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=255 time=9869.587 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=13 ttl=255 time=8888.059 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=255 time=7900.547 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=15 ttl=255 time=6920.024 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=16 ttl=255 time=5927.457 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=18 ttl=255 time=3966.050 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=19 ttl=255 time=2976.276 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=20 ttl=255 time=1993.314 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=21 ttl=255 time=1000.036 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=22 ttl=255 time=17.583 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=23 ttl=255 time=20.650 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=24 ttl=255 time=16.704 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=25 ttl=255 time=44.301 ms
64 bytes from 130.128.20.1: icmp_seq=26 ttl=255 time=13.888 ms
^C
--- 130.128.20.1 ping statistics ---
27 packets transmitted, 15 packets received, 44% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 13.888/4025.843/10833.169/3878.635 ms
randy
