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| Thread ID: 130383 | 2013-04-08 01:44:00 | Cheap net in China | baabits (15242) | PC World Chat |
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| 1335893 | 2013-04-08 03:10:00 | I'm quite happy with ADSL in NZ, the data caps needs a new thinking. Maybe it's a perspective NZ takes, those things are luxuries and we can do without, dunno ... Maybe the houses are too spread out from the telephone exchange, maybe also they are moving to fibre and save the costs of improving ADSL. I am about 40m from the telephone exchange and my router connects at 20Mbps, Speedtest are quoted at 17Mbps at 5pm last week which might have been schol holidays. We're only getting UFB b/c it's basically the same price and the installation is government funded, and it future proofs yourself and the value of your house. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1335894 | 2013-04-08 03:13:00 | Our Internet in china is with China Unicom, but due to the way things work I don't think we got a choice regarding the ISP. $30 a month, unlimited. But the line is capped at 1/1mbps. A decent VPN makes the world of difference, for some reason they use one located in the UK. Very slow with high latency. Of course the latency was the only real delay. At 1mbps there were no throughput issues despite the distance. I used VPNs in Tokyo and Hong Kong, decent pings (for a VPN over 1mbps DSL) around ~130ms If I lived there I'd probably purchase a VPS in Hong Kong, hook up other expats with it. Less chance of been taken offline by the authorities that a "commercial" VPN. Our apartment is in Chaoyang CBD district of Beijing, so everything was pretty neat and tidy street wise. I guess compared to NZ they'd be foul but compared to most Asian countries they're not too bad. Less construction in the CBD now too so all the streets look a bit "neater" Things have improved a *lot* here, although I will just say, the price here may be a bit high compared to China BUT if you have a problem, at least the tech support know what you're on about. My Chinese isn't that hot though. Dad's a bit better. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1335895 | 2013-04-08 03:44:00 | Our Internet in china is with China Unicom, but due to the way things work I don't think we got a choice regarding the ISP. $30 a month, unlimited. But the line is capped at 1/1mbps. A decent VPN makes the world of difference, for some reason they use one located in the UK. Very slow with high latency. Of course the latency was the only real delay. At 1mbps there were no throughput issues despite the distance. I used VPNs in Tokyo and Hong Kong, decent pings (for a VPN over 1mbps DSL) around ~130ms If I lived there I'd probably purchase a VPS in Hong Kong, hook up other expats with it. Less chance of been taken offline by the authorities that a "commercial" VPN. Our apartment is in Chaoyang CBD district of Beijing, so everything was pretty neat and tidy street wise. I guess compared to NZ they'd be foul but compared to most Asian countries they're not too bad. Less construction in the CBD now too so all the streets look a bit "neater" Things have improved a *lot* here, although I will just say, the price here may be a bit high compared to China BUT if you have a problem, at least the tech support know what you're on about. My Chinese isn't that hot though. Dad's a bit better. Wow, which part of China are you in? |
baabits (15242) | ||
| 1335896 | 2013-04-08 06:16:00 | It's propoganda for China's 'face'. The truth is that people drop litter everywhere with the justification that 'if we don't drop it, the people who clean the streets won't have a job'. They piss and crap everywhere as well. Babies don't wear nappies- they just have a split in the front and back of their pants. When bubs is going to go toilet, mum holds him/her over a rubbish bin instead of taking them to a loo. Insane, but that's been the norm here for the past 2000 years, why change it? Mmm Remind me not to eat from Chinese takeaways. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1335897 | 2013-04-08 08:13:00 | "was" in Beijing, I saw was because although I have been over 5 times in the past two years, I only stayed a month or so each time. Parents live there though (got another 2x years on the deployment contract) | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
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