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import requests

TIMEOUT = 5
URL='http://www.google.com/'

def check(timeout=None, url=None):
    """return True if connection is ok, else False"""
    if not timeout:
        timeout = TIMEOUT
    if not url:
        url=URL
    try:
        requests.get(url=URL, timeout=timeout)
        return True
    except requests.ConnectionError:
        return False
    except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout:
        False
    return False