EPTAlso, any tips for bypassing the Great Firewall? I got Hotspot shield, but just wanted to see if there's any better alternatives.
Thanks!
Any TLer's in Shanghai?
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pikaaarrr :3
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Also, any tips for bypassing the Great Firewall? I got Hotspot shield, but just wanted to see if there's any better alternatives. Thanks! | ||
Empyrean
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Get freegate or use your school's VPN. | ||
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Jaso
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If you're willing to spend a couple bucks, you can get a much faster, secure connection by buying a VPN for a month. | ||
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Empyrean
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I find freegate's very useful, though, and it's quite fast because at home I just use a 130 Mbps connection. Chinese websites are incredibly fast, though, so the only thing you'd realistically use freegate for are things like Western news sources (the NYTimes), etc....also Facebook and Twitter if you use those. But yeah, things like grooveshark (incredibly slow) are replaced by websites like xiami. Youtube is replaced by the much faster tudou/youku, etc. I'd actually argue that youku > youtube in terms of speed, because you get none of that buffering bullshit even with blazing fast connections and there are fewer commercials. | ||
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borny
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And I have to disagree with the poster above. While I agree that yoku/tudou is hell a lot faster, I think the content is ten times worse. However, streaming movies and pretty much any TV show for free and safely is nice :-) | ||
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endy
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I'm in Shanghai too. I use freegate when I just wanna check my facebook, otherwise I use my company's VPN. Just make sure you use the latest version (7.12). If you can't get it, PM your email address. On June 20 2011 10:59 Empyrean wrote: I find freegate's very useful, though, and it's quite fast because at home I just use a 130 Mbps connection. Dude, where the hell do you get a 130Mbps connection in Shanghai ?! I want it ! ISPs only offer 2 or 4 Mbps plans. Btw, I'm just back from Singapore, wanna have lunch together this week ? | ||
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Empyrean
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Who knows, I'm terrible at this. And yes! I'd love to grab lunch sometime. When and where? I'm very flexible! | ||
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endy
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On June 20 2011 12:11 Empyrean wrote: Not sure. I could just be epic retarded with computers (actually, I am), but when I mouse over the little wireless icon is just says "130 Mbps" (which now that I think about it, makes me think that that's the capability, not the actual speed of the ISP). Who knows, I'm terrible at this. And yes! I'd love to grab lunch sometime. When and where? I'm very flexible! Haha that's the speed of the local wireless network, nothing related to what your ISP provides. Anyway, check your PMs. If anyone living/working around Peoples Square wants to join us for lunch, just let me know ! | ||
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Admiral
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In my experience, hotspot shield doesn't work, so I'm using my school's VPN... freegate works, also. | ||
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pikaaarrr :3
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PM me after the 20th if anyone wants to get lunch/dinner/anything :DD | ||
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