The lovely internet connection in Shanghai

So I've noticed the recent change in my internet connection in Shanghai. I saw it went from very slow to my-grandmother-goes-faster-with-her-walking-cane slow so I decided to ping around a bit...

Google

Code:

>ping [URL="http://www.google.com"]www.google.com[/URL]


Pinging [URL="http://www.l.google.com"]www.l.google.com[/URL] [74.125.71.103] with 32 bytes of data:


Reply from 74.125.71.103: bytes=32 time=458ms TTL=40
Request timed out.
Reply from 74.125.71.103: bytes=32 time=427ms TTL=40
Reply from 74.125.71.103: bytes=32 time=425ms TTL=40


Ping statistics for 74.125.71.103:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 425ms, Maximum = 458ms, Average = 436ms

Google Hong Kong

Code:

>ping [URL="http://www.google.com.hk"]www.google.com.hk[/URL]


Pinging www-hk.l.google.com [74.125.71.104] with 32 bytes of data:


Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 74.125.71.104: bytes=32 time=428ms TTL=39
Reply from 74.125.71.104: bytes=32 time=427ms TTL=39


Ping statistics for 74.125.71.104:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 427ms, Maximum = 428ms, Average = 427ms

? ? (Baidu)

Code:

>ping [URL="http://www.baidu.com"]www.baidu.com[/URL]


Pinging [URL="http://www.a.shifen.com"]www.a.shifen.com[/URL] [61.135.169.125] with 32 bytes of data:


Reply from 61.135.169.125: bytes=32 time=157ms TTL=48
Reply from 61.135.169.125: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=48
Reply from 61.135.169.125: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=48
Reply from 61.135.169.125: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=48


Ping statistics for 61.135.169.125:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 136ms, Maximum = 157ms, Average = 141ms

141 ms just on baidu lol... terrible.

How could I forget:

MG

Code:

>ping [URL="http://www.mgftw.com"]www.mgftw.com[/URL]


Pinging mgftw.com [85.17.23.162] with 32 bytes of data:


Reply from 85.17.23.162: bytes=32 time=382ms TTL=46
Reply from 85.17.23.162: bytes=32 time=345ms TTL=46
Reply from 85.17.23.162: bytes=32 time=345ms TTL=46
Reply from 85.17.23.162: bytes=32 time=345ms TTL=46


Ping statistics for 85.17.23.162:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 345ms, Maximum = 382ms, Average = 354ms

 

You poor, poor thing.

 

That is...wow...

 

Good lord -- I guess Madonna and Sean Penn aren't the only ones who got a "Shanghai Surprise," eh?

 

Dude, you are still at 56k ?!?!?!

 

Good luck watching your porn now Nova.