Comments on: A couple of rants http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/ My life in China and other incoherent ramblings Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:52:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Greg http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-996 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:59:46 +0000 http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-996 Already been onto both Tor and Skype for a while, both very useful. Thanks. Already been onto both Tor and Skype for a while, both very useful.

Thanks.

]]> by: Another Greg http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-912 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:11:28 +0000 http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-912 Hey G, I have been here for a month, only had a couple days where there were issues with gmail. Not sure if they are China-related. A few ideas you may already be familiar with that could help with web-browsing and international calls if you have your own computer to install some stuff: If you want to escape all web restrictions, try Tor (tor.eff.org). It allows you to browse anonymously and get to any site you want. It slows down your browsing, but you can turn it off when you don't need to access things like foreign news... I use skype for all my international calls--costs 2cents a minute to many countries. www.skype.com. You just buy $10 credit at a time. Calls are usually clear if you have a headset/microphone (you call over your computer), and a high-speed connection. Hope this info is helpful Hey G,

I have been here for a month, only had a couple days where there were issues with gmail. Not sure if they are China-related.

A few ideas you may already be familiar with that could help with web-browsing and international calls if you have your own computer to install some stuff:

If you want to escape all web restrictions, try Tor (tor.eff.org). It allows you to browse anonymously and get to any site you want. It slows down your browsing, but you can turn it off when you don’t need to access things like foreign news…

I use skype for all my international calls—costs 2cents a minute to many countries. www.skype.com. You just buy $10 credit at a time. Calls are usually clear if you have a headset/microphone (you call over your computer), and a high-speed connection.

Hope this info is helpful

]]> by: Greg http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-806 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:42:53 +0000 http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-806 actually it wasn't blocked for long. you get the occasional day where you cant access any google pages. actually it wasn’t blocked for long. you get the occasional day where you cant access any google pages.

]]> by: Raspie http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-805 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:09:25 +0000 http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-805 Hi... Gmail blocked in China ? Strange... I haven't noticed anything about that so far... I say 'so far'... As we know things can change rapidly around here... Anyway... Great BLOG you have here... I will keep an eye on it and added it to my Blogroll aswell... if you don't mind... :-) Hi…

Gmail blocked in China ? Strange… I haven’t noticed anything about that so far… I say ‘so far’... As we know things can change rapidly around here…

Anyway… Great BLOG you have here… I will keep an eye on it and added it to my Blogroll aswell… if you don’t mind… :-)

]]> by: jr http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-385 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:20:28 +0000 http://greginchina.com/2006/06/07/a-couple-of-rants/#comment-385 hope you can get a sim card hope you can get a sim card

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