zhwj Posted June 4, 2010 at 02:57 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 02:57 AM I can no longer reliably watch Youtube videos over Witopia. Anything longer than two or three minutes takes so long to buffer that it's not really worth it, and some longer videos refuse to load altogether. Speed in general has dropped. On the whole, however, it's still more painless than other solutions I've tried, and it does what I really need it to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socialclimber Posted June 4, 2010 at 03:46 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 03:46 AM This is a good link: http://wiki.personalvpn.net/wiki/VPN_Service_Speed_Issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted June 4, 2010 at 04:01 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 04:01 AM Free gate works fine. http://rapidshare.com/files/381498203/fg_697p.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey Posted June 6, 2010 at 02:02 AM Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 at 02:02 AM yeah Witopia seems a bit weak atm, hope they sort it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castorpoluks Posted June 6, 2010 at 07:59 PM Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 at 07:59 PM free gate works perfectly well for me also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putonghua73 Posted June 8, 2010 at 06:20 AM Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 at 06:20 AM free gate works perfectly well for me also. Another vote for Freegate - however, with the caveat that the application is Windows only. So, if anyone knows of a *nix [ubuntu] free application, then I'm all ears (so to speak). Once I get Anki to work properly with Ubuntu 8.10 - and then test after upgrading to 10.4 - and a VPN then wave goodbye to Windows on this netbook. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougou Posted June 8, 2010 at 06:27 AM Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 at 06:27 AM After a long hiatus, Hotspot Shield is working for me again and quite good at that. Faster than Freegate, and also without the hassle of having to set a proxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putonghua73 Posted June 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM No sooner did I add my vote for Freegate, when it has been down all weekend (cannot find any proxy servers). Is anyone else suffering from this issue? I'm starting to get Youtube / Basement Jaxx withdrawal feelings. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted June 13, 2010 at 11:23 AM Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 at 11:23 AM You can try a beta version of FG 7.0 below, but I see a few others complaining on the FG discussion forum of access problem starting this weekend, so it could be the GFW is kicking it up another notch. http://rapidshare.com/files/398521026/fg700pb1.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putonghua73 Posted June 14, 2010 at 02:12 AM Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 at 02:12 AM You can try a beta version of FG 7.0 below, but I see a few others complaining on the FG discussion forum of access problem starting this weekend, so it could be the GFW is kicking it up another notch. http://rapidshare.co...26/fg700pb1.zip Thanks Gato. Much appreciated. FG v7.0 Professional Edition (beta) works. Now, I need to spend some time researching Ubuntu VPNs so I can rid myself of Windows from this netbook. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putonghua73 Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:03 PM Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:03 PM GFW seems to be really kicking out the jams because not only does Freegate Professional Edition 7.0 no longer work, but Hotspot Shield (for 'specialist Japanese interest' sites) is not connecting - permanently stuck on 'yellow'. Is anyone else experiencing issues with either of these VPNs? It may be time to look at a fee-based VPN, as aside from the obvious - Facebook, Youtube - I've been watching South Park from the official website, as well as delving into Wikipedia to investigate engineering disciplines and concepts. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougou Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:47 PM Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:47 PM Hotspot Shield also stopped working for me. I use a different version of Freegate, which is called FreeU10, or 逍遙游, and that is still working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putonghua73 Posted July 16, 2010 at 01:11 PM Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 at 01:11 PM (edited) Thank you Gougou, As per usual, your VPN advice is on the money. I checked my USB stick and one of my friends provided a whole bunch of Freegate apps, inc. FreeU 1.0. It works! I do miss Hotspot Shield because most (but not *all*, fear not folks!) of my 'specialist Japanese interest' sites are blocked. If anyone requires FreeU 1.0, then post a reply and I can put it on a file-hosting site for people to download. Cheers! Link is here. Edited July 16, 2010 at 01:35 PM by putonghua73 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-wan Posted November 27, 2010 at 03:45 PM Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 at 03:45 PM Ah, sorry to necropost but is Witopia still a reliable bet? Any other VPN's worth checking out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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