A python method to check if the system have a active connection to the internet

haveInternet.py

import socket


def haveInternet():
    REMOTE_SERVER = "www.google.com"
    try:
        host = socket.gethostbyname(REMOTE_SERVER)
        s = socket.create_connection((host, 443))
        return True
    except:
        pass
    return False

print haveInternet()