[bogus@www bin]$ ping -c 1 www.yahoo.com
PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (216.32.74.50) from 216.90.131.2 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www1.dcx.yahoo.com (216.32.74.50): icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=290.891 msec

--- www.yahoo.akadns.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 290.891/290.891/290.891/0.000 ms
[bogus@www bin]$ ./ping-test.pl 
Elapsed time: 5.04157
[bogus@www bin]$ ping -c 1 www.yahoo.com
PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (216.32.74.52) from 216.90.131.2 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www3.dcx.yahoo.com (216.32.74.52): icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=94.607 msec

--- www.yahoo.akadns.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 94.607/94.607/94.607/0.000 ms
[olsonco@www bin]$ ./ping-test.pl 
Elapsed time: 5.037361
[bogus@www bin]$ ping -c 1 www.yahoo.com
PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (64.58.76.178) from 216.90.131.2 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www9.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.178): icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=101.953 msec

--- www.yahoo.akadns.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 101.953/101.953/101.953/0.000 ms
[bogus@www bin]$