Re: ISP/VPN's to China?

[tvest () eyeconomics com]

Very interesting rundown of current infrastructure option -- thanks!

On Oct 21, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Benjamin Billon wrote:

> Hi,
>
> if you're talking about Mainland China in general (not Hong Kong  
> specifically), indeed IPSEC VPN may not provide desired level of  
> service.
> During the time I spent there, we opted for:
> - CNC MPLS for 4 sites in China
> - Equant MPLS between Beijing and other worldwide sites
> - Then replaced at high price Equant by Verizon MPLS in order to  
> connect worldwide sites through Pacific links instead of Suez Canal
> - Then replaced Verizon by higher bandwidth Equant MPLS because  
> Verizon's service was seriously bad. Not the link, but the service  
> around it.
>
> At that time, Verizon used China Telecom as contractor, and I think  
> Equant used CNC. Not sure about that, though.

Verizon = CT: also consistent with my memory (and an easy guess since  
there is no alternative)

Equant = CNC: Perhaps you mean China Unicom =)

TV

> Between each site (Beijing to three others in China, and Beijing to  
> others worldwide), there was backup IPSEC VPN set up "just in case".  
> Hopefully we didn't had to use them, because they was down from time  
> to time and bandwidth was inconsistent.
>
> "Great Firewall buddy" is not to charge this time.
>
> ChrisSerafin a écrit :
> > I have a client in the US looking to connect up an office in China  
> > and I'm wondering what type of connections are avilable and wether  
> > IPSEC VPNs can be established through the 'Great firewall of China'.
> >
> > I talked to a China Telcom rep in the US that says that the network  
> > congestion even in China makes VPN's difficult. From their website,  
> > I see that the majority of the country is using xDSL, or 2MB  
> > dedicated lines.
> >
> > Can anyone shed any light on this topic? Thanks!
> >
> > chris () chrisserafin com