Comments on: How To Spot A Blogspot Blog (A Quick Fix)

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:20:24 +0000

Good advice. I am using Witopia now and am hoping that this allows me the freedom of continuing my wordpress blog no matter what censorship happens in the future.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:30:46 +0000

Just wanted to say that I’m in the process of setting up a VPN with strong VPN, and they are really helpful, especially for people who don’t know how to use computers well. They have 24/7 live chat, which is really really nice, and they will set up the VPN remotely if need be. I’ve never used a VPN and until a few days ago i didn’t even know what it was, so I won’t have anything to compare them too, but so far they’ve really been wonderful.

By: nevergohungry

nevergohungry — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:28:29 +0000

Freedur is just the best option I’ve tried so far, easy setup. I’ve gone from trying as many free proxies and they’re all just such a hassle to use, especially because if you’re going to try proxy sites they eventually get blocked. Besides, China’s blocked the many popular ones already so I just decided to move away from proxy sites.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:51:24 +0000

how does witopia verify your account? i.e. could i have both my laptop and desktop online at the same time?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:49:40 +0000

@Keir: It may be that your school is already using some sort of proxy/firewall to control what sites are able to be accessed. I’ve had a few friends say they’ve had trouble at companies with proxies of some sort.

And yeah, I believe the first, and cheaper option at WiTopia is using similar tech as Hot Spot Shield, which might explain why HSS is no longer working.

By: Keir

Keir — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:52:01 +0000

I’m using WiTopia now (took me three attempts to open the page for some reason). Works great at home but is so slow at work I’ve given up which pretty much defeats the point when your work is a school and you’re primarily worried about getting your kids a real education (ie- not spending the day outside pretending you’re a wall with your arms outstretched).
I pay $60 p.a.; there is another version at half the price but I was told it could easily be disabled by the regime.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:36:05 +0000

@Mat: See the note at the top of the page. I’ve yet to hear of a free version, but the WiTopia VPN works.

By: Mat

Mat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:18:33 +0000

I was in china a couple of months and the Hotspot Shield would work fine, but now nothing… i cannot access blogs or youtube…

Any ideas?

By: Keir

Keir — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:39:13 +0000

This is a big problem for me as I teach history and was working on two sites hosted by Blogspot for my classes. Ultrasurf I find is best, but as I use lots of images they don’t all load. HotSpot Sheild takes ages and also doesn’t load everything. Proxy.pac was the best option but now no longer works (I’m not technically-minded so maybe there is a way and I’m not savvy enough).
The problem with Ultrasurf for youtube is it constantly tells me an error has prevented files from loading and to try again; with proxy.pac I was able to use the file for all sites. Has anyone a new code to replace my old .pac file?
Thanks for keeping these comments alive, Ryan.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:04:55 +0000

Cherry – see the comment above yours (or the rather striking UPDATE box in the original post) for alternatives.