Guest ShaQuaNew Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) I guess it's about time to put away with fussing with onion routers and free internet proxies. I recently learned about a service called WiTopia. The company provides a VPN connection that enables users in China to appear as if they were coming from the US. It's great so far. I can now bypass all the blocking, and get straight to youtube, and everything else that gets blocked. The price is actually quite reasonable, at 39.99 per year. You can view more about it here: http://www.witopia.net/welcome.php See note below about Witopia and Astrill - edit 2023 Randy W Edited October 16, 2023 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment
GZBILL Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I guess it's about time to put away with fussing with onion routers and free internet proxies. I recently learned about a service called WiTopia. The company provides a VPN connection that enables users in China to appear as if they were coming from the US. It's great so far. I can now bypass all the blocking, and get straight to youtube, and everything else that gets blocked. The price is actually quite reasonable, at 39.99 per year. You can view more about it here: http://www.witopia.net/welcome.php Priced even more reasonably are the dozens of free proxy services. Link to comment
Guest ShaQuaNew Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Wouldn't it be a hoot to find out it is actually a government company who wants to track antisocial (nonconforming) people? It's okay. They pegged me with that label a long time ago. I've tried the free services Bill, they are hit and miss and yes, you can get by most of the time. The few I've been using are very slow, and unreliable. This service is fast, clean and efficient. Link to comment
Randy W Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 Witopia gave up on the Chinese market around 8 years ago (about 5 years after this thread was posted). Their use of OpenVPN protocol with default ports, along with their servers identified in an ASCII text file, made them VERY easy prey for the Great Firewall logic. Link to comment
Doug Posted December 21, 2022 Report Share Posted December 21, 2022 So Randy, Howdy from Changzhou. I hate to ask you for help, but....Now that I am here, I can't pull up my local county tax websites well enough to pay property tax on-line. Every bank card and utility or anything can tell I am not in the USA, and it is making transactions more time consuming. I've read through here and tried several VPN links of yours just to get a notice that the page won't open. I don't seem to be able to open a website that will sell a VPN. I guess I should have done this in the USA before the trip, but my life was sleepless before leaving as it was. Any suggestions as to which are the better VPNs today, and how do we get to them once we are in China? Maybe I have to buy a Chinese VPN just to get to one you might recommend. I'm lost when you IT guys talk about different ports and files & etc. on each VPN, but I guess I'll figure it out. My companies VPN is fine, but I don't use it for personal stuff anymore. Link to comment
Randy W Posted December 21, 2022 Report Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) I use Astrill. This link should work within China - https://astrillcn.com Edit: I just tried it with my VPN off - it worked. The plans are from $30 for one month. Wish we could see you while you're here, but I'm sure that won't be possible. I hope it all works for you. Let us know. Edited December 21, 2022 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment
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