Is Google really slow right now?  (or is it just for me?)
pugio: Same here:ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.67.100): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=34 ttl=40 time=330.224 ms
....
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
247 packets transmitted, 14 packets received, 94% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 294.648/313.224/331.038/13.395 ms