Examples of use of packet loss
1. Puzzled, Peckler ran pingplotter – a program to detect problems such as packet loss and latency (delays in sending over the separate "packets" of internet traffic). It revealed major latency between his cable modem and local internet service provider (ISP). "I contacted the ISP and was told it did not support third party VoIP," explains Peckler.
2. The Internet Traffic Report Web site, which monitors Internet connectivity in several countries, showed that packet loss, or the percentage of data that doesn‘t reach its destination, spiked sharply in Asia at the time of the earthquake, rising from about 10 percent to more than 40 percent.