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Old Aug 8, 2013 | 8:49 am
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Originally Posted by moondog
I think his implication was that while 65/35 is fast by almost any standards, accessing sites outside of China does not result in these speeds.

My office in Shanghai has a T1, and it's still not especially fast.

However, I have one friend who has a hardware based VPN, and his internet simply sails over a normal residential China Telecom connection. I looked into getting one myself, but decided that the price was a bit rich for my budget (y3,000/month).
Why not just buy a router with VPN capability (and any router that can be flashed ith dd-wrt would work just fine)? That's what I have at home, though it doesn't result in any change in speed.
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