bash script that pings is not working

[Anne Moore]

HI All, can anyone help with this bash script? 
#!/bin/bash

while [ 1 ] 
do
ping some.ip.com
sleep 60 
done

# end of script

It's not really working like I need it to be. I'm trying to add this to
everyone's logon profile and run it without the console ICMP replies showing
up while each person is connected (to keep their connections alive). Then,
once they log off, it closes the script.

Any scripting experts out there that can tweak this? Thank you so much for
your time. -Anne