Hong Kong has famously solved the last-mile Internet problem with DSL, Cable and fiber to the home. And in my tests, this is usually pretty decent as long as one connects to Hong Kong servers or surrounding servers (only a couple of hops away). What it hasn't solved is the Internet capacity beyond the last mile.

Or I must be the unluckiest person in Hong Kong when it comes to Internet connectivity speeds abroad. I just can't get decent up- and download rates to Western Europe or the US. I know this is a Hong Kong problem and not a general ASIA or location problem because I tested this from Japan and it's fast. But I have no choice in picking my Internet service provider.

So the question is this: has anyone solved this by connecting to a 'local' VPN provider that has better overseas capacity? By local I mean surrounding (such as Korea or Taiwan)

thanks
Urs