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Ask HN: Is China throttling Google.com? help me
this is a double post but just because i need help.
I do live in Shenzhen, and i noticed that in the past 2 days Google.com is getting seriously slow and unusable. Since it works quite perfectly with my VPN located in USA, i am becoming quite concerned. Moreover Google.com.cn does work perfectly, and all the other foreign sites are at the average usual speed. My main concern is that for all of us, foreigners in China, Google is absolutely a must have, for me is even more, a survival tool. Can somebody in China confirm that this is actually happening ? it is damaging my business and i would have to take counter measures if this is happening for real. Thanks a lot in advance.
- jrockway 17y agoWhy run an Internet business in China? Even the giants like Google can't quite get it right. Why do you think you will succeed? Much better to be in the US or Europe. It's worth the extra taxes or whatever.
- lostintech 17y agoMy business in China is not an internet business. It is a trading export company, but still, i need to use google reliably. I am aware of the situation of internet here, i just want learn the aftermath of "China hacks Google" incident and if it can affect my business. Thanks anyway for your comment.
- csomar 17y agoHe didn't say he has an Internet business, but just a business that runs with the help of Google tools, apps...
- reedlaw 17y agoIt's working fine for me in central China. Why not just use the VPN if you're having trouble?
- thaumaturgy 17y agoCan you use traceroute to determine where the lag is being incurred?
- lostintech 17y agothis is what i am getting : C:\Users\Administrator>tracert google.com 通过最多 30 个跃点跟踪 到 google.com [64.233.189.104] 的路由: 1 1 ms 1 ms <1 毫秒 WRT54GL [30.0.0.1] 2 5 ms 2 ms 2 ms 192.168.1.1 3 46 ms 46 ms 47 ms 119.137.124.1 4 48 ms 47 ms 47 ms 119.145.222.185 5 45 ms 45 ms 45 ms 121.15.179.94 6 51 ms 49 ms 51 ms 119.145.47.34 7 49 ms 114 ms 48 ms 202.97.34.17 8 49 ms 49 ms 49 ms 202.97.60.206 9 49 ms 48 ms 48 ms 202.97.60.30 10 53 ms 52 ms 52 ms 202.97.61.102 11 58 ms 52 ms 51 ms 202.97.62.214 12 53 ms 53 ms 53 ms 209.85.241.56 13 52 ms 61 ms 55 ms 66.249.94.6 14 54 ms 54 ms 55 ms hkg01s01-in-f104.1e100.net [64.233.189.104]
- thaumaturgy 17y agoHuh, that looks fairly reasonable. I'm afraid I don't have any other suggestions at the moment -- I'm too unfamiliar with the workings of the Chinese firewall.