Best VPN provider (In your opinion)? (Strictly no referral allowed)

ilOmbr4

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Is Astrill 1 year 29.99 a good deal?

Come with Stealth VPN. But it allows only 1 desk/laptop and 1 mobile device. Can I top up to add 1 more laptop?

iirc, they have the Home Plan add-on to be able to connect 5 devices at the same time. or the VPN sharing add-on to share the connection with other devices.
 

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Which services are able to access China content without buffering problems during peak hours?

- does Astrill work? oric1 able to comment?

Picture paints a thousand words :D

No VPN connected
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Astrill was able to stream contents from China via OpenVPN in the past but not now because of China's Great Firewall. When trying to connect via OpenVPN, I kept getting "Waiting for server reply".

The Chinese government has long blocked popular Western Web services like Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. In January 2015, China went after Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, that people use to sneak around the Great Firewall.

China Censors VPNs To Protect Great Firewall, But Some Manage To Get Through

Astrill OpenVPN can't connect to China servers now
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After switching to StealthVPN, I was able to bypass the Great Firewall and the download speed was quite impressive too. There were no buffering when streaming in HD.

Astrill StealthVPN managed to bypass Great Firewall
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Salmonella, hope I answered your question :D
 

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i am still on the fence on whether to sign up for the 5 years Purevpn or the 1+1 year for the PureVPN. i am be just using configuring the vpn on the Asus router , that's all

Any suggestion ?
 
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i am still on the fence on whether to sign up for the 5 years Purevpn or the 1+1 year for the PureVPN. i am be just using configuring the vpn on the Asus router , that's all

Any suggestion ?

I signed up both for the "5 Years or More" and Yearly Sub.
Should have wait for this Black Friday One+One Year Free.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/i...-4/purevpn-lifetime-subscription-5231673.html

If you use it on your iOS and Android than it should be fine.
I need the SmartDNS features for my Apple TV hence got to sub the Yearly one.
 

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i am still on the fence on whether to sign up for the 5 years Purevpn or the 1+1 year for the PureVPN. i am be just using configuring the vpn on the Asus router , that's all

Any suggestion ?

Tried it and it's super slow and remove it from my router setting.
Just use the PureVPN Mobile App on both my iOS and Android and it's way better. Just switch On/Off for my NetFlix viewing.

My Apple TV I use SmartDNS to configure within the Apple TV network setting since Apple TV don't have the App just like iOS and Android.
 

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Which services are able to access China content without buffering problems during peak hours?

- How about Unotelly UnoDNS, since they claim to support pptv, youku, xiami, baidu music, etc? This one should have best performance since it uses SmartDNS?

Using Astrill StealthVPN on the websites above.


PPTV Before
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PPTV After
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Xiami Before
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Xiami After
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Baidu Music Before
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Baidu Music After
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Tried it and it's super slow and remove it from my router setting.
Just use the PureVPN Mobile App on both my iOS and Android and it's way better. Just switch On/Off for my NetFlix viewing.

My Apple TV I use SmartDNS to configure within the Apple TV network setting since Apple TV don't have the App just like iOS and Android.

how is the smartdns compared to unotelly one ?
 

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About Astrill VPN
- private ips can do what with it?
- NAT firewall is it a good option to purchase that?
 

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About Astrill VPN
- private ips can do what with it?
- NAT firewall is it a good option to purchase that?

I didn't purchase those. For bypassing geo blocking, you don't need that. As to what it's use for, I leave it to others to comment.
 

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Just tested on Unlocator DNS. No drop in speed. Signed up cause of black friday sale.

 

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I didn't purchase those. For bypassing geo blocking, you don't need that. As to what it's use for, I leave it to others to comment.

im thinking of getting it for gaming.. due to singapore ip block.. so no idea if private ip have any use :s11:
 

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im thinking of getting it for gaming.. due to singapore ip block.. so no idea if private ip have any use :s11:

Before you start your game, select other country server and see if it's blocked, if it's not blocked then your will save on your monthly IP subscription. US$5/month?
 

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Picture paints a thousand words :D
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Salmonella, hope I answered your question :D

Thanks much! Yeah, that looks good.

I've signed up for a unotelly trial, and that seems to unblock china content too. I wonder which would be better.
 

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im using unotelly dns for a long time, it works good unblocks sites that are blocked .
no drop in speeds.
 

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Before you start your game, select other country server and see if it's blocked, if it's not blocked then your will save on your monthly IP subscription. US$5/month?

the game website blocked me from buying their pre-order but i was able to go on the website pre-order page once i use astrill trial version. Does that mean it works?

Is NAT Firewall useful?
 

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seems like astrill is a good deal? I am keen on signing up but what's up with their verification man? why only recognize US?
 

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seems like astrill is a good deal? I am keen on signing up but what's up with their verification man? why only recognize US?

I don't have such problem. Why not you online chat with their support, I'm sure they will be able to solve your problem.
 
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