We’ve received e-mails about “defamation” from Astrill asking us to remove this disclosure but continue to believe that sharing this information with our readers is better than deleting the post outright. If you have any information about an interaction you had with Astrill that we should know about, positive or negative, leave a comment below. Several days after comparing the options and publishing this guide on how to get unrestricted internet access in China, I got an e-mail from Astrill Corp who, starting in 2010, offers a VPN service similar to Freedur. When we’re talking about accessing the huge portion of the internet that’s blocked in China, you can never have too many options. Astrill's control panel shows current your speed So I took a look at Astrill’s VPN and compared it to Freedur, which it bears a strong similarity to.