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SwitchVPN in China Review

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SwitchVPN in China

SwitchVPN is a lesser known VPN, but still worth checking out. I have not tried this VPN so cannot vouch for it's reliability or speed. But there are a few things I can see from checking out their site.

1. Not a lot of choice. +1 -1

This is good, and bad. For one, it makes things simple. Lots of sites like to have EVERYTHING available which is a lot to take in for new users. Considering users in China can't use PPTP or L2TP this makes things much easier. You can ignore pretty much all of their plans but the SSL plan which is 12 dollars a month.

2. Live Support +1

3. Unlimited Bandwidth +1

3. Downloading Torrents OK +1 (some sites don't allow this)

4. Windows/Mac/Linux +1

5. 48 hour Money Back Guarantee -1

There are plenty of services out there that offer 7 day money back guarantees.

6. Site Design +1

I used to Knock their site for bad design and presentation. They've recently improved it, and it looks much better – more like a service I can trust.

7. Price +0

Not the cheapest, Not the most expensive.

8. Not Affected by March 2011 VPN crisis in china +2

9. Still Not Blocked in China +2

10, Site connection speed +1

11. Servers in Multiple Locations +1 (US, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Malaysia)

12. Free Server Switching +1

All in all, it looks like a decent VPN service.  One thing that really impresses me about SwitchVPN in China is that I've never had issues connecting to their site. Even some of my favorite VPN sites like StrongVPN and 12VPN have from time to time been inaccessible or a couple days. If you find that some of the links on my site get timed out, SwitchVPN is a cool service to check out.

SwitchVPN Official Site

 

 

Or check out my PureVPN in China Review

PureVPN in China Review

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PureVPN in ChinaPureVPN in China

PureVPN – There's really no question about it – you don't need to get this VPN, especially if you're in China. There are a number of problems with PureVPN. I'll admit that I haven't tried it, but just from looking at their site, here are the problems I see.

Price. The cheapest plan is 10 dollars a month. For this *limited* plan, you are limited to 30 GB a month. This shouldn't be a problem for most users, but if you're doing some serious downloading – which a lot of people do with VPNs (I'm assuming to avoid authorities) – 30 GB of download per month should be plenty. Buy why limit yourself? There are services out there for the same price or cheaper that offer unlimited bandwidth.

Types of VPN. All VPN plans are limited to PPTP L2TP and SSTP.  For users in China, PPTP and L2TP are for the most part, out of the picture. SSTP is only for Windows 7 and Vista users. That means that Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Windows XP, and Android users are out of luck. Ok, if you're running Windows 7 or Vista, you've got another possible VPN services with PureVPN, but why use SSTP when you could just as easily get SSL/OpenVPN?  SSL/OpenVPN is compatible with Windows 7, and this is the most secure VPN protocol.

Positives of PureVPN

Live support
Unlimited Server Switching
Not Blocked in China
Servers in multiple countries including US and UK

Yearly Plans

$75 / $145 / $160

Official PureVPN Site

 

 

or check out our Hide My Ass in China post

Hide My Ass in China

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hide my ass in reviewHide My Ass in China

Hide my Ass is a really cool service. They're not expensive, and their VPN is very user friendly. They've got a clean design to their site which makes it easy to navigate. One thing I hate about VPN sites like Black Logic and Secure VPN is that it's hard to find out what's going on in there. How much is the VPN? Can I use it on my Mac? Is it compatible with Windows 7? Should I use PPTP or L2TP on my iPhone? There are so many questions for a new user, especially for someone who hasn't used a VPN before.

This is why Hide My Ass is cool. It's up there with my favorites (12vpn, Astrill, and iVPN) as far as user compatibility goes.

One big problem though – they're blocked.

Ok, not all the time, but a lot of the time. They've got the SSL/OpenVPN needed by users in China, but you can't get to it if the site is blocked.

What would I suggest?

I think Hide My Ass is a cool VPN service.  If you're planning on coming to China, get your VPN set up with them before you go. If you're hear and on the off-chance they're not blocked for a while, you can check them out. Hide My Ass won't do you wrong.

But if HMA continues to be blocked, there are lots of other services featured at the site that aren't blocked – Astrill, 12vpn, iVPN

 

Hide My Ass Official Site

 

 

or check out or VyprVPN Review