For long time readers you may remember that we used to have a small ad for Freedur VPN over on our sidebar. To be honest we were pretty happy with Freedur at first, but over the last few months I’ve been more and more frustrated with them, both with their support and billing services. I cannot, at this point, recommend that anyone use Freedur, so we have switched.
PureVPN contacted us a couple months back and asked us to try out their service and consider switching over, we tried it out and liked it so we made the switch. PureVPN is currently a Middle Kingdom blog sponsor and they have provided us with a couple free accounts so Kara and I can have full online access and keep writing the blog. So if you’re looking for a Facebook/Twitter/YouTube/Google Docs/Google+ solution consider PureVPN, because supporting our sponsors is supporting us.
Currently there are servers in the US, UK, Canada, Switzerland among others. All VPN services in China will have difficulties occasionally, but PureVPN has been very good about finding solutions quickly and getting the info out to their customers ASAP. There are easy follow, step-by-step tutorials on their website for getting your VPN set up on Windows, Mac or Linux, so even if you have no idea how VPNs work you should have no trouble making it work in your machine.
The thing that I have been most impressed with has been their technical support. I had a lot of trouble getting my VPN to work on my Mac on my home network, but their tech guys spent several hours chatting and even taking over my computer remotely (with my permission of course) to get it to work. In the end the problem turned out to be my router at home (which for some reason works fine for PC but has problems with Macs running L2TP VPN protocols). But they were very willing to do whatever it took to get me up and running, and that’s what counts. They have live chat support through their website, so you can always talk to a real person and get help.
So if you’re looking for a good VPN option click here to get PureVPN today.
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I’ve been using Anchor Free, a free vpn which has been working hassle free for me here in Beijing.
Unless you need it for business needs, Anchor Free suits most ex-pats here in Beijing.
Hi Matt. I have questions for you. My friend and I went to Aizai Cafe on the 9th July, wanting to have brunch and coffee there. I’ve been talking about checking on the place as we also live in wangjing. But, it was closed that day. What is going on?
Gillian,
I’m so sorry. We had a couple of days that we weren’t able to be open during the daytime and I think that the 9th was one of those days. Aizai is now open everyday. M-Th 10am-10pm, F-Sa 10am-11pm, and Sunday 3pm-10pm. I’m there on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the day, and Tuesdays and Thursdays at night.
Matt, Thanks for the reply. I’ll see you some day then!
Hi Matt!
I also have a Mac and use purevpn, but my internet is very unstable and disconnects all the time. My flat mates use PC and don’t have the same problems, so it might be the same problem as you had with the router…
I’m not a native English speaker and hesitate to try the live support. Do you know what it took to get it up and going in your flat?
I live with Tanya and Bec, so than you know who I am…
Thanks, and by the way grat blog!
Hi Matt,
We have talked before when we were about to move to Beijing. Well, we are definitely moving to China, but Chongqing. We are looking into a VPN for our ipad and want to make sure you are still happy with Pure and if you know anything about using it in Chongqing or if you have heard of better VPN’s for different parts of China. Hoping to get to Beijing for a coffee while we are in China! Liz, Mom from NH
Liz,
There shouldn’t be any issues connecting with PureVPN in Chongqing. I haven’t heard of any VPNs that work in some parts of China and not in others. I don’t know much about Chongqing in general, other than it’s the largest city that no one in the US has ever heard of. Maybe we’ll see you in Beijing at some point.
Matt
Have you ever heard of WiTopia and their CloakBox Pro (https://www.witopia.net/products/#cbpro)? We’re leaning toward that because we won’t have to worry about configuring our own router (which tends to die on us).
I know several people that were using Witopia, but I don’t know anything about CloakBox. I can’t really comment on it though because I don’t have much personal experience.