ISP/VPN's to China?

Wed Oct 21 18:16:28 UTC 2009

I travel to China at least once a year, often several times. I  
generally visit major cities like Shanghai and Beijing, but have been  
to a number of other cities. I generally use Cisco VPN (an IPsec VPN)  
to Cisco DMZs in Tokyo or Hong Kong for business purposes. As with  
hotels in other parts of the world, congestive interference depends a  
lot on the hotel and what the person you're competing with is doing. I  
can tell you a few horror stories if you're amused by them, but in  
recent years things have been improving.

On Oct 21, 2009, at 10:56 AM, ChrisSerafin wrote:

> I have a client in the US looking to connect up an office in China  
> and I'm wondering what type of connections are avilable and wether  
> IPSEC VPNs can be established through the 'Great firewall of China'.
>
> I talked to a China Telcom rep in the US that says that the network  
> congestion even in China makes VPN's difficult. From their website,  
> I see that the majority of the country is using xDSL, or 2MB  
> dedicated lines.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this topic? Thanks!
>
> chris at chrisserafin.com
>