What website do you use to test whether you have internet connectivity?

i ping news.yahoo.com or at least try to.

I use metafilter.com and google.

I use Google or Yahoo.

Any website that you usually frequent would do, even your home page should suffice and not to mention Fluther.com . . . Just make sure you hit the Browser’s Refresh button or F5 on your keyboard so that you’re not displaying a page that was cached in the system memory.

downforeveryoneorjustme.com

Google. It’s quick loading, and I am impatient.

I google something weird which would never be in my cache ( “manga barbie unicorns”).

Though I may switch to @lilikoi‘s suggestion, downforeveryoneorjustme.com looks smart.

zomg Bob Mackie ‘Lady of the Unicorns’ Barbie by Mattel wtf

www.bbc.co.uk It’s very reliable, and I can pretty much guarantee that if I can’t see the BBC it’s not them, it’s me.

www.speedtest.net

Usually Google, but sometimes I think it loads from cache. If I really want to be sure, I use Google to try to search for something I know I have never looked up before.

my homepage

I use Google for a quick, clean connection test, and ESPN.com or DSLspeedtest.com to check the speeds.

Usually Google—it’s quick to load, and practically never down. I also use purple.com because it’s very easy to see whether or not it worked.

@jaytkay Haha, nice :)