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simon-in-staffs
Joined: 11 Aug 2011 Posts: 13
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:56 pm Post subject: VPN in China |
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Has anyone got any advice on what VPN would be good to use in China.
Off to live and work in China next week and I would like a VPN so that i can access facebook and also BBC iplayer.
Another EFL site recommends Atrill, but internet searches reveal lots of negative comments
Any advice?
Thanks
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Gringo Greg
Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 264 Location: Everywhere and nowhere
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:56 am Post subject: |
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I dont use a VPN service(I roll my own) but strongvpn.com is a good choice. |
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teachingld2004
Joined: 17 Feb 2012 Posts: 389
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:45 pm Post subject: vpn |
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I also am going to China next week, and am looking for a VPN. strongvpn is 85 dollars for a year. I had hoped to find something that was cheaper. But, if that is the best one,I will get it. Any others? |
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7969
Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 5782 Location: Coastal Guangdong
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Witopia, $60/year. You won't find one any cheaper that works as well as this one does. |
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teachingld2004
Joined: 17 Feb 2012 Posts: 389
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:03 am Post subject: vpn |
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Thank you. Am I right in assuming that I would need one to watch shows on HULU, and to download movies? |
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7969
Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 5782 Location: Coastal Guangdong
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:10 am Post subject: |
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You can download movies or anything else you want from any torrent site without a VPN. |
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teachingld2004
Joined: 17 Feb 2012 Posts: 389
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:07 pm Post subject: vpn |
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Eell, if e can donload ithout a vpn, hy get the vop? |
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ncaraway
Joined: 15 Feb 2010 Posts: 68
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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BizLiz
Joined: 20 May 2013 Posts: 30 Location: China
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 3:50 pm Post subject: Thanks for good advice friends! |
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I had VPN Express, Astrill, and they were both slow as molasses in Mongolia on a cold winter day. I read what you guys wrote about strongvpn and that sucker is quite zippy! Thanks. |
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Gummy Bear
Joined: 11 Jun 2013 Posts: 36
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:56 am Post subject: |
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Does anyone have a list of FREE VPNs. My spouse is Jewish and if I can't eat it or share it with them, I can't buy it! |
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JoeKing
Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 519
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:22 am Post subject: |
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I have only had one, so can not compare, but Witopia has worked well for me. |
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Sir Winston
Joined: 24 Jan 2014 Posts: 24
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:29 am Post subject: |
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I read an article from some Geek website about six months ago that if you have windows 7 you don't really need a VPN and can configure a "virtual server" of your own somehow for free that gets around the firewall. I should have bookmarked that article because now I can't find it. Do you guys know what I'm talking about? |
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VietCanada
Joined: 30 Nov 2010 Posts: 590
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Check out torrentfreak.com They are a well known and popular site that have a freshly updated articles rating and discussing VPNs. Obviously China comes up a lot.
The whole world is working on getting around the great firewall of China. Try a google search. China is losing BTW as witnessed by the entire country being shut down recently by a DOS originating from a single website in the US devoted to breaking it. |
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MotherF
Joined: 07 Jun 2010 Posts: 1450 Location: 17�48'N 97�46'W
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Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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I'm going to butt in here and ask a question.
I live in Mexico, can I use a (free) VPN to make Amazon think I'm in the US?
There is some digital content I want to put on my kindle for my kids that says it's not available to me, and since I just recently made a trip to the US I won't be going back for a while. |
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Shroob
Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339
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Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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MotherF wrote: |
I'm going to butt in here and ask a question.
I live in Mexico, can I use a (free) VPN to make Amazon think I'm in the US?
There is some digital content I want to put on my kindle for my kids that says it's not available to me, and since I just recently made a trip to the US I won't be going back for a while. |
Yes. A VPN can do that, depends if they have servers in the US (most will). There are also addons to various browsers (firefox / chrome) that would provide access to region-locked content. |
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