Comments on: Tunnel Through the GFW with 12vpn

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:14:28 +0000

dude. wow. at least TRY to hide the fact you work for Astrill.

Witopia and 12vpn are both excellent choices in China. Witopia has a HUGE network with a zillion servers. most definitely not slow. I’m using them now.

12vpn is smaller network-wise, but has an innovative 10GB plan (quite generous if you’re not a heavy user) and really good Android support.

They are both extremely popular and seem like ethical companies.

They are not “slow” and they do not “disconnect randomly” or any of the other self-promoting desperate drivel you Astrill d-bags are spreading on every forum you can find. focus on your own company and stop telling lies about good ones to try to build your business and you will go farther.

By: George

George — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:15:35 +0000

I tried both witopia and 12VPN. witopia was always slow and pain in the ass to load even simple sites like facebook. 12vpn was way better but I was not happy with it either. At times it was slow or disconnecting me randomly. I saw a tweet about Astrill free beta. This was in January. I signed up and tried it. One word – amazing. It was still in beta and by speed and reliability the best VPN I used ever. After their beta has expired I signed up for a full account. Today, their software is one of the most polished and fastest. So far I invited 10 friends and all are very happy with it. The price is also good like $5/month with 1-year plan. You don’t need to trust my words, but try it beofr you pay. Just ask them for a free trial. I think they are giving 30 days free trial (but not sure, check that with them).

By: Yang

Yang — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:30:20 +0000

Hi David, just sign up the 12vpn today and thanks for the 10% discount. It work perfectly so far because I am still in Manchester. I’ll try it next week when I am in China, hope this will work as I saw Mike’s message about the website is blocked after I sign up.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:34:35 +0000

can you actually stream something like hulu on 12VPN lite “data limit 10GB/month”. how much data is one hour of hulu video streaming? any ideas?

By: Tuk

Tuk — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:33:34 +0000

As far as I can see, in order to use this VPN service on Nokia phones,
this service should be SymVPN compatible. Could some one tell me if 12VPN service is indeed compatible with SymVPN (see http://www.telexy.com)
Thanks.

By: China Travel Trends

China Travel Trends — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:37:26 +0000

[...] 12vpn (paid) – similar to Witopia with optimized configurations for selected regions. My review here. [...]

By: Mike Cogan

Mike Cogan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:08:33 +0000

The 12vpn site seems to be blocked in China at the moment. Do they have a mirror site?

By: David

David — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:36:53 +0000

Hi, the personal version does not support multiple users users, however you can use it on your laptop / phone at the same time. You’ll need to buy another account I think if you both want to use it at the same time.

By: David

David — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:57:25 +0000

Hi Hann,

If you signup when you’re in China it’ll still be $60. For some reason they’ve increased the price for people outside Asia… not sure why!

Good luck!!

By: Hann

Hann — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:33:57 +0000

Hi David,

I noticed that 12VPN costs $200 a year whereas Witopia costs $60. Is 12VPN that much better and is the extra cost justified? Anyway, I leave for China on March 20th so I’m pretty excited! Just making some final preparations as I have no idea when I’ll be coming back to the states.

Thanks,

Hann