We don't really need to ping, just verify connectivity and alert people
when the connectivity is out. It doesn't happen very often, but when it
we need to know about it.


On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 15:57 -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 03:30:09PM -0700, Shawn Badger wrote:
> > I was wondering if anybody knows of website that will allow you to ping
> > and do wgets every couple seconds to verify your Internet connectivity?
> > I have thought about just polling some of my favorite sites every couple
> > seconds, but then I thought, they may not appreciate that kind of
> > traffic and may block my request. Does anybody know if say google or /.
> > blocks IP's for this reason and if there is a service out there that
> > specifically allows for this kind of test?
> 
> You could probably hit a high bandwidth site/service like Google and
> they wouldn't even notice. But I wonder what you're up to, because it
> seems excessive for not having something specific that you need to ping.
> 
> Trying to gather availability evidence against Cox or Qwest? ;)
> 

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