As a precursor you may ask why is this chap qualified to judge their quality and performance? Well, as a user I can provide my opinion based on my experience and as a professional working with the technology and telecommunications field for nearly 25 years I know a thing or two about troubleshooting network and system problems. Just as some companies in the pre-broadband era overburdened their modem pools today it would seem that VPN service providers are squeezing every nickel in a grab for cash, rather than focusing on service. And I challenge any VPN service provider to “prove me wrong” with a transparent control panel that shows us “the consumer” that the load on their systems “in real-time” are less than maxed out(24×7x365)! This is not hard and any script monkey these days can bash together MRTG and screen scrape it into a control panel. One good coder can make it a real-time data stream using mySQL and php. Prove it!

My testing of Witopis has included the use of the service via a Desktop and Laptop and using multiple wire-line and wireless access services from each of the telecommunication providers within China from a variety of cities.

I would avoid Witopia if you are in China and when I find a provider that is truly worthy of a “positive review” you can guarantee that I will provide one here on this site.

/suntzu