An increase in ping times can in rare cases be related to the load on the machine, but more often than not indicates an issue with the network.

ping时间增加有时候与机器上的负载相关，但更常见的原因是网络出了问题。

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That is, facilities within close proximity to an Internet backbone center tend to have higher rent rates than those farther away and without good ping times.

具体来说，若所租赁的场所距离 Internet 主干网中心局较近，那么它的租金往往也会高于那些距离较远且 ping 时间较差的那些场所。

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Related to the ping tool, the traceroute tool will normally provide you with the ping times for each router that the network packets travel through to reach their destination.

traceroute工具与ping工具相关，它通常提供网络数据包传输所经过的每个路由器的ping时间。

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Ah, low ping times, clear walkie-talkie conversations, and quick downloads from remote areas of the world -- now that's a reasonable stress reliever after a hard day on the battlefield.

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The L.A. Times claims that shortly after, Jobs invited Zuckerberg over to dinner at his house to talk about Ping.

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