def get_connection_status(remote_server = "www.google.com"):
    for timeout in [1, 5, 10, 15]:
        try:
            print "Checking internet connection.."
            socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)

            # see if we can resolve the host name -- tells us if there is
            # a DNS listening
            host = socket.gethostbyname(remote_server)

            # connect to the host -- tells us if the host is actually
            # reachable
            s = socket.create_connection((host, 80), 2)
            s.close()

            print 'Internet connected.'
            return "Connected"
        except Exception, e:
            print e
            print "Internet not connected."
    return "Not Connected"