It means it feels ridiculously fast for websites inside the GFW.
speedtest.net results just run now (I'm in Shanghai, it's saturday morning, no VPN):
Shanghai-based server: ping 27ms, down 15.33Mbps, up 0.54Mbps
Beijing-based server: ping 31ms, down 17.49Mbps, up 0.55Mbps
London (UK)-based server: ping 270ms, down 6.17Mbps, up 0.56Mbps
I live in an older compound, my building has 12 floors, most of the others have 6, so this is not a new compound by any means, but we already have fiber, they're rolling it out gradually throughout the city.
speedtest.net results just run now (I'm in Shanghai, it's saturday morning, no VPN):
Shanghai-based server: ping 27ms, down 15.33Mbps, up 0.54Mbps
Beijing-based server: ping 31ms, down 17.49Mbps, up 0.55Mbps
London (UK)-based server: ping 270ms, down 6.17Mbps, up 0.56Mbps
I live in an older compound, my building has 12 floors, most of the others have 6, so this is not a new compound by any means, but we already have fiber, they're rolling it out gradually throughout the city.