The response time is quite variable. Recent pings give: $ ping -c 10 kh.google.com (about 1245) --- kh.l.google.com ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9034ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 143.385/188.061/399.220/87.340 ms
$ ping -c 10 kh.google.com (about 12.55) --- kh.l.google.com ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9039ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 80.242/85.977/89.495/2.958 ms In fact, this morning Google Earth, whch was simply not responding yesterday evening, was working fine. I suppose 20:45 in the evening is a peak time to California. I use Melita Cable as my ISP. I would shift if anyone offered unlimited downloads, but I don't think anyone does. My web site is still slow :-( $ ping -c 10 vlsitechnology.org (about 12.56) --- vlsitechnology.org ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9019ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 211.454/215.173/222.490/3.495 ms - Graham Petley
