China VPN test on February 7, 2022. Today is the seventh day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and since I haven’t gone to work yet, I had nothing better to do at home than to conduct a VPN test of ExpressVPN’s Macbook for mainland China. I have been using ExpressVPN to browse YouTube, Twitter, etc. on my Macbook, iPhone, and iPad during this Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. I don’t know if it’s because it’s a holiday, ExpressVPN’s bandwidth is more generous and the speed of use has been good during the period, mainly using the official US and Japanese servers. The test is to get a more comprehensive picture of ExpressVPN’s other servers and their speeds.
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1. the success rate of the VPN’s server connection in the device under test.
2. the server connection time of the VPN in the tested device.
3. the speed of the VPN after a successful connection to the server in the device under test.
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Starting Time: Feb 7, 2022, 10:39 AM
本地网络及设备: China Telecom 300M / Macbook;
Version: 10.14.0 (62637);
Protocol: Automatic;
Official Deals: New User Free 3 Months
Test’s Servers: Official recommend six servers;
Macbook + Auto + Test in China: Version 10.14.0 (62637)
Macbook: Japan – Yokohama: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s)
Speedtest Ping: 165ms. Download: 209Mbps. Upload: 17.4Mbps;
YouTube Connection Speed: 3195Kbps;
Macbook: USA – Los Angeles – 5: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s)
Speedtest Ping: 298ms. Download: 119Mbps. Upload: 24.6Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: 6.4Mbps;
Macbook: USA – Santa Monica: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s)
Speedtest Ping: 304ms. Download: 211Mbps. Upload: 16.9Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: Can’t connection Netflix Fast, But can open Youtube etc.;
Macbook: France – Alsace: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s)
Speedtest Ping: 249ms. Download: 250Mbps. Upload: 20.3Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: Can’t connection Netflix Fast, But can open Youtube etc.;
Macbook: Singapore – Marina Bay: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s)
Speedtest Ping: 372ms. Download: 277Mbps. Upload: 6.07Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: 160Mbps;
Macbook: UK – Wembley: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s)
Speedtest Ping: 364ms. Download: 237Mbps. Upload: 16.1Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: Can’t connection Netflix Fast, But can open Youtube etc.;
UK – Wembley / BBC iPlay test
Macbook: USA – New York: Success; (Time efficiency: 15s) – Unofficial Recommendation
Speedtest Ping: 252ms. Download: 190Mbps. Upload: 3.7Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: 96Mbps;
Macbook: USA – San Francisco: Success; (Time efficiency: 13s) – Unofficial Recommendation
Speedtest Ping: 190ms. Download: 192Mbps. Upload: 18.7Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: Can’t connection Netflix Fast, But can open Youtube etc.;
Macbook: USA – Chicago: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s) – Unofficial Recommendation
Speedtest Ping: 217ms. Download: 280Mbps. Upload: 12.6Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: 320Mbps;
Macbook: USA – Washington DC: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s) – Unofficial Recommendation
Speedtest Ping: 219ms. Download: 313Mbps. Upload: 20.1Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: Can’t connection Netflix Fast, But can open Youtube etc.;
Macbook: USA – Dallas: Failed; – Unofficial Recommendation
Macbook: USA – Miami: Failed; – Unofficial Recommendation
Macbook: USA – Los Angeles: Failed; – Unofficial Recommendation
Macbook: CA – Toronto – 2: Success; (Time efficiency: 3s) – Unofficial Recommendation
Speedtest Ping: 208ms. Download: 224Mbps. Upload: 29.1Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: Can’t connection Netflix Fast, But can open Youtube etc.;
Macbook: CA – Montreal: Failed; – Unofficial Recommendation
Macbook: SG – Jurong: Failed; – Unofficial Recommendation
Macbook: SG – CBD: Success; (Time efficiency: 7s) – Unofficial Recommendation
Speedtest Ping: 208ms. Download: 224Mbps. Upload: 29.1Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: 69Mbps;
Macbook: Hong Kong – 2: Failed; – Unofficial Recommendation
Macbook: Hong Kong – 1: Success; (Time efficiency: 5s) – Unofficial Recommendation
Speedtest Ping: 462ms. Download: 146Mbps. Upload: 17.0Mbps;
Netflix Fast Speed: 120Kbps;
Summary: The above is a connection and speed test of ExpressVPN’s Automatic protocol option in a Macbook. There were six officially recommended servers, and the servers connected without any problems and all had good speeds. Secondly, I randomly checked some servers and some of them were available, which is similar to the previous situation.
Today’s Test Macbook Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★