FWIW, here are the results of a test I just did. I pinged
both perlmonks.org and perlmonks.com five times each at 10
pings per test. When I connected to an IP successfully I
retested it two more times to make sure.
(72.3.199.9) 10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
(204.232.162.145) 10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
(184.106.31.165) 10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
(66.39.54.27) 10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
"...the adversities born of well-placed thoughts should be considered mercies rather than misfortunes." — Don Quixote