Best practice way to detect internet connectivity under Python 2.6/Windows

[python at bdurham.com]

Is the best pratice way to detect internet connectivity under
Windows (using Python 2.6) simply to attempt to access a known
internet website using urllib or urlib2 wrapped in a try/except
construct?

Thank you,
Malcolm
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