Is it just me or is Astrill completely unreliable for the past month?
Press on where it says OpenWeb and switch to stealth or wireguard, then try a few different servers. It’s been having issues this month but I’ve had minimal disruption because there’s always been plenty online if you use another protocol (like it tells you to do)
It’s October in China…
Let’s be clear, Astrill was the best VPN almost a decade ago. Switching to Shadowsocks services makes your life much easier
I’ve been trying mullvad instead this days and I’m pretty happy so far
Use stealth vpn. The other protocols are fine
Schroedinger’s Astrill: It’s both “the best VPN on the market” according to the China subs and a VPN that’s unreliable all the time.
Just get 2 vpn’s. If one is down use the other. Welcome to China.
It happens every now and then. They’ll get it fixed eventually.
The option for speed testing in Astrill has completely vanished. It’s been gone for about a month already. It’s a guessing game to find a fast-ish erver now. Is Shadowrocket my best next option for quitting Astrill?
Same with me. Use StealthVPN. Speed Test is gone too I noticed.
after being with them for over a decade, i switched to a different company today. i still have two months of astrill left, but enough is enough.
Astrill is now extremely unreliable on my phone. I have to consistently change servers all the time just to watch stuff on YouTube. It was fine up into about 4/5 months ago then just non stop problems. Pc is certainly a lot better though.
I’m not sure if there are any servers available for rent, but try to use shadowsocks instead of using a VPN. VPNs are secure, but the GFW can see that you are using them and shut them down whenever they want, which is why VPNs go down in politically sensitive times. The GFW cannot track shadowsocks (though they are working on it, which is why some older versions can be blocked), so it is a more reliable alternative, provided you find a provider.
Yes, the quality has dropped ! and I have a 18 month subscription
Just rent a server and make your own shadowsocks with simple obfs proxy. Does pretty much everything you need and cost $10-$20 a year. 100% uptime and instant connection. I stopped using paid VPNs after having express, nord, panda and surfshark all stop working for me.
Astrill is a dumpster fire, I have no idea why people even recommend it anymore. I switched after a year of using them and never looked back. My new VPN is 1000x better with no downtime.
Can not switch stealth vpn on when running on windows 11. Anyone having the same issue?
I just wasted $40 for a month’s subscription, and could not get it to work on iPhone. Astrill had worked really well back in April on m last visit to China, but this time I had to rely on Lets …
Astrill sucks. Used to be good until 4 years ago but they kept raising the prices without improving the tech. Now it‘s garbage. I recommend Let‘s VPN.