Summary: From today’s test results, ExpessVPN has encountered resistance in the Chinese market. Due to today’s time, I can’t spare more time for testing today. The officially recommended “Auto+4 servers” method of overturning the wall is not very effective…
Today’s Test Directory:
1、ExpressVPN Macbook 测试. (Auto + Official recommend servers)
2、ExpressVPN Macbook 测试. (IKEv2 + Random selection)
Time efficiency: Time efficiency here refers to the time taken from clicking to connect to the server to the successful connection of the server.
Local device and network: Macbook/200M/WiFi.
Mac ExpressVPN App connection test:
Starting Time: Jul 10, 2020, 10:30 AM.
This is an official recommend method.
Protocol: Automatic.
Hong Kong – 4: Second success. (Time efficiency: 24s)
Speedtest Ping: 191ms. Download: 7.89Mbps. Upload: 0.97Mbps. 
Singapore – Marina Bay: Failed. (Try 2 times)
Japan – Yokohama: Failed. (Try 2 times)
USA – Los Angeles – 5: Failed. (Try 2 times)
This is not an officially recommend method.
Protocol: IKEv2.
These are servers is Random selection.
Dallas – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 11s)
Speedtest Ping: 285ms. Download: 8.72Mbps. Upload: 3.13Mbps. 
Santa Monica – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 13s)
Speedtest Ping: 161ms. Download: 26.1Mbps. Upload: 4.43Mbps. 
New York – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 6s)
Speedtest Ping: 232ms. Download: 14.8Mbps. Upload: 2.91Mbps. 
San Francisco – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 8s)
Speedtest Ping: 249ms. Download: 9.09Mbps. Upload: 2.14Mbps. 
Chicago – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 14s)
Speedtest Ping: 221ms. Download: 4.61Mbps. Upload: 2.12Mbps. 
Washington DC – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 8s)
Speedtest Ping: 283ms. Download: 14.6Mbps. Upload: 0.97Mbps. 
Washington DC – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 49s)
Speedtest Ping: 343ms. Download: 4.06Mbps. Upload: 1.34Mbps.
⚠️: After the connection is successful, there is a disconnection, but the app is automatically connected again immediately.
Montreal – Canada: Failed. (Try once)
Toronto – Canada: First success. (Time efficiency: 6s)
Speedtest Ping: 246ms. Download: 21.1Mbps. Upload: 3.07Mbps. 
Vietnam: Failed. (Try once)
Taiwan – 3: Failed. (Try once)
Laos: Failed. (Try once)
Thailand: Failed. (Try once)
Peru: Failed. (Try once)
Denver – USA: Failed. (Try once)
Seattle – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 1分20s)
Speedtest Ping: 332ms. Download: 2.53Mbps. Upload: 1.16Mbps.
⚠️: After the connection is successful, there is a disconnection, but the app is automatically connected again immediately.
Tampa-1 – USA: First success. (Time efficiency: 8s)
Speedtest Ping: 256ms. Download: 47.1Mbps. Upload: 3.06Mbps. 
Summary: From today’s test results, ExpessVPN has encountered resistance in the Chinese market. Due to today’s time, I can’t spare more time for testing today. The officially recommended “Auto+4 servers” method of overturning the wall is not very effective. In addition, I used IKEv2 for the test. I first tested it in the United States, and the results were good. Afterward, I tested many servers in other regions, and there were many cases where I could not connect. Then I returned to the United States to test the server to see if it was because of a different time. I was unable to connect due to the segment, but when I test the US servers again, they can still connect successfully. So I suggest that when you use IKEv2 to connect, you should try the US server first.
ExpressVPN Mac Version: 7.8.3 (4). Protocol: Auto/IKEv2
Today’s Test score: ★ ★ ★ ☆
