Question about free vs pay proxy/vpn

[jimdagys]

In China, most social networking sites (like facebook, youtube, etc) blog sites, and proxy sites are blocked. Recently, many fire sharing websites (like mediafire, fileden, etc) are also blocked.
To solve this problem, people talk about getting proxies and VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) that you pay for. My question is, what advantage does a paid proxy/VPN have over free ones? It seems to me that China can block the paid ones as easily as the free ones.
Please give me some insight on this topic.
Regarding the blocked file sharing website where I have stored my large files, most working proxies won't allow me to download my files. However, I did find one proxy that will allow me to download my large files. Are there very many proxies that allow you to download files?

[guns1inger]

The big difference between paid and free VPN/proxy networks is infrastructure and therefore speed. The free options usually rely on p2p to infrastructure, where individuals on the network provide most of the bandwidth, or they are provided by pay providers to get you in by giving you a taste at very slow speeds with the expectation that you will pay for a faster service. Good VPNs are encrypted, which makes it harder to block, although not impossible.

[jagabo]

a link to a "free" proxy server...

lol

how to get free vpn account easy in couple steps

you need to write a review of super vpn on your blog, website or forum.

[redwudz]

aaron31 was a spammer and apparently not proficient in using the program he was pushing. Banned and deleted.

Another problem with free proxy servers is that you don't know what they are doing with your data. I would advise you to never use one for any online financial transactions. The paid proxy severs may be more dependable, but I would also check them to see if they are truly anonymous. Most will quickly surrender your file logs with a court order.

[jagabo]

aaron31 was a spammer and apparently not proficient in using the program he was pushing. Banned and deleted.

How can you write a review of a free proxy server that requires you to write a review before you can get it?

[redwudz]

He wasn't very good at spamming.

[manono]

You signed up just to revive a three year old thread with yet more spam? Idiot.

Goodbye.

[jman98]

You signed up just to revive a three year old thread with yet more spam? Idiot.

Goodbye.

(Shrug) Spammers gotta spam. But an amazing number of new member one post wonders get bored, do a web search about some subject dear to their heart, find an ancient thread here via the search, and then join us to reply to the grave robbed thread, honestly believing that everybody here has been waiting breathlessly for years for them and them alone to come here and provide the answer we so desperately need on the subject.