FIOS

[scott at MIT.EDU (Scott Ehrlich)]

YOu should also try companies.  Many schools use a higher speed 
connection, and have special deals with Comcast for direct connectivity to 
Comcast's backbone.

Try .org or .com sites and see what the difference is.

Scott

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Bill Bogstad wrote:

>> It would be interesting to see some ping times from other providers
>> (Comcast, Verizon DSL, RCN etc)
>
> As requested.   This is on a Comcast residential connection in Cambridge.
> RTT are substantially better then you saw.
>
> Bill Bogstad
>
> Script started on Fri 13 Apr 2007 09:04:18 AM EDT
> $ ping mit.edu
> PING mit.edu (18.7.22.69) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=6.92 ms
> 64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=6.83 ms
> 64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=6.68 ms
> 64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=7.40 ms
> 64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=4 ttl=245 time=6.74 ms
> 64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=5 ttl=245 time=7.39 ms
> 64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=6 ttl=245 time=9.07 ms
> 64 bytes from WEB.MIT.EDU (18.7.22.69): icmp_seq=7 ttl=245 time=7.79 ms
>
> --- mit.edu ping statistics ---
> 8 packets transmitted, 8 received, 0% packet loss, time 7076ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.687/7.359/9.079/0.751 ms, pipe 2
> $ ping bu.edu
> PING bu.edu (128.197.27.7) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=7.90 ms
> 64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=7.48 ms
> 64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=7.40 ms
> 64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=7.52 ms
> 64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=13.0 ms
> 64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=9.01 ms
> 64 bytes from bu.edu (128.197.27.7): icmp_seq=6 ttl=242 time=8.56 ms
>
> --- bu.edu ping statistics ---
> 7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6066ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 7.404/8.700/13.003/1.847 ms, pipe 2
> $ ping www.harvard.edu
> PING hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=0
> ttl=243 time=7.85 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=1
> ttl=243 time=8.24 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=2
> ttl=243 time=6.89 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=3
> ttl=243 time=7.48 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=4
> ttl=243 time=10.1 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=5
> ttl=243 time=6.79 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=6
> ttl=243 time=6.80 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=7
> ttl=243 time=7.66 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=8
> ttl=243 time=6.92 ms
> 64 bytes from hno-webprod.harvard.edu (128.103.60.28): icmp_seq=9
> ttl=243 time=6.22 ms
>
> --- hno-webprod.harvard.edu ping statistics ---
> 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9085ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.229/7.507/10.185/1.061 ms, pipe 2
> $ ping brandies.edu
> PING brandies.edu (129.64.99.169) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=0
> ttl=52 time=16.1 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=1
> ttl=52 time=9.54 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=2
> ttl=52 time=9.45 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=3
> ttl=52 time=8.84 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=4
> ttl=52 time=8.91 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=5
> ttl=52 time=7.06 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=6
> ttl=52 time=8.26 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=7
> ttl=52 time=6.62 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=8
> ttl=52 time=6.83 ms
> 64 bytes from blanca.unet.brandeis.edu (129.64.99.169): icmp_seq=9
> ttl=52 time=6.89 ms
>
> --- brandies.edu ping statistics ---
> 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9095ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.626/8.861/16.167/2.662 ms, pipe 2
> $ ping neu.edu
> PING neu.edu (155.33.227.140) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=8.12 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=6.87 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=6.85 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=8.99 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=7.79 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=5 ttl=50 time=7.18 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=6 ttl=50 time=7.74 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=7 ttl=50 time=7.79 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=8 ttl=50 time=8.19 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=9 ttl=50 time=8.69 ms
> 64 bytes from www.neu.edu (155.33.227.140): icmp_seq=10 ttl=50 time=6.50 ms
>
> --- neu.edu ping statistics ---
> 11 packets transmitted, 11 received, 0% packet loss, time 10098ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.505/7.705/8.991/0.757 ms, pipe 2
> $ exit
>
> Script done on Fri 13 Apr 2007 09:06:51 AM ED
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