Originally from http://svn.pylucid.net/pylucid/CodeSnippets/ping.py
This version maintained at http://github.com/hbasria/python-ping

./ping.py 8.8.8.8

Statistics for 8.8.8.8:
 - packet loss: 1 (10.00%)
 - latency (MIN/MAX/AVG): 62/141/96
 - jitter: 8.2129
 - MOS: 4.3