the above is std response, explains nothing.

but... anyone who has been using china sites and reading in this section will know. there has been several similar threads on same subject before.

... this is not first time; happened in sep, nov 2014, jan 2015 and now end feb 2015; each time 7-14 days.
... i m surprised it has quickened, not every 2 months but every month now.
... does not happen with sites in europe or north america.
... problem is said to be unifi china traffic (weekly, monthly?) quota used up very fast - increasing traffic while no incr in quota, i.e. $.
... no indication unifi will incr $ for bigger quota.
... does not happen with streamyx or maxis... (likely due to much less china traffic)

it should resume after a few more days with new cycle but expect it to recur every month. heavy china site users - very bad news.

anyone with different explanation, please correct me. tq.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Feb 26 2015, 03:46 PM

google is banned in china, so nothing google will work with china sites, all the time.

w/o unifi china bandwidth quota problem, tm and other non-google dns can access china sites.

with the unifi problem, there is only one way - use of vpn.

that, I cant explain. I used google DNS before for China sites, not very good, so i suspected it's due to the ban. after changing to some other DNS, it was good, all the time. Except when unifi has its "period", like now - no DNS will work.

Only way is use of Vpn. I have one on standby since this unifi problem comes every 2 months and now, every month. Give it a few more days, all will return to normal. Next month, it will repeat.

So, heavy China site users, better get vpn or switch ISp. Becos it's been half a year since the problem started and unifi seems reluctant to do anything except giving standard responses.

Unifi access to China sites ok now, after what... 7 days?

The problem will return in few weeks time; someone will start yet another thread about it!

access to china sites - all was good feb 28-mar 5. the 7 days or so before feb 28, problem.
now, since 6 mar, problem recurred. been 2 days now.
problem seems to be getting more and more frequent, looking like 7 days on, 7 days off!
with vpn, there is no problem at all.
so, i think that notice and similar previous notices are just their standard bs to cover up a specific problem.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Mar 8 2015, 01:44 AM

unifi access to China sites resumed today, maybe not full yet.

based on past records, the same disruption for another 7-10 days will return towards end March.

not surprising...

i notice it has returned but unstable. maybe better tmrw...?

it could hv been intermittent.

i just watched 1.5hr of hd video streaming, no problem.

this is on androidtv, dunno about others like games...

that's right - be upfront, say "u can't get full china access for this package, etc."!

but no, lame excuse, cable down, maint... same old crap all the time for months. and when u call unifi, it always, 100% of the time, starts with a recorded message, "we r experiencing difficulties...". might as well start with, "you pay, we hv right not to give u service"!!

google is banned in china. no point using google open dns.

i tried a couple of free ones. it works good when connected but they break often, so not reliable.

u can google to find them.

actually, i m still looking for a stable one.