I was just trying to measure the latency to the server, an important characteristic for this service. Previous ones I've used in the past (e.g., to update a dy

I was just trying to measure the latency to the server, an important characteristic for this service. Previous ones I've used in the past (e.g., to update a dynamic DNS server) have suffered from excessive (multi-second) latency or would simply timeout unpredictably. I ended up writing my own on appspot.com.