This is a test of Kaze’s HKBN residential broadband NAT product, positioned as a Hong Kong residential NAT that China Mobile can connect to directly.
Network
For outbound routing, Telecom and Mobile see severe packet loss, while Unicom is acceptable. Inbound backhaul utilizes the three major backbones, with similarly high loss on Telecom/Mobile and okay performance on Unicom. Actually, HKBN generally applies single-IP speed limits for connections towards Mainland China, which aligns perfectly with test results—even during off-peak hours, rates struggle to exceed 10Mbps, and heavy retransmit breaks exist. It is not suitable as a transit node even if latency looks “okay”, but highly recommended for landing or exit purposes. Inbound speed is excellent, comfortably saturating 2Gbps, and completely adequate.
IP Quality
IP quality is quite decent, with most streaming unlocks working correctly (HK itself restricts some AI; that’s a general limitation, not a core IP fault). However, because it’s dynamic rotates, some prior flags can fluctuate; otherwise, it’s fair.
Dynamic rotates can look like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: unflagged today, flagged tomorrow.
Hardware Performance
Machine performance is robust, featuring an AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX CPU, with solid IO for easy workloads (Note the 1GB RAM limit, heavy tasks aren’t suggested).
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hkg2-hkbn-2500-nat
$6.00 USD/mo
Core 1 vCPU
Memory 1 GB
Storage 10 GB
Network 2500 Mbps
Traffic 2 TB
IP 1 Shared IPv4
NAT Ports | 30 Custom Ports
Upstream | HKBN Home Broadband
*Forwards/Airport abuses prohibited
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Kaze restricts these residential offerings to 20 users and owners frequently clear abuse forwards/airports, ensuring almost no heavy-use or saturated bandwidth; traffic caps are relatively lightweight, suitable for individual endpoints. Performance, IP quality, and network capacities are all excellent—making it a very strong mid-to-high NAT selection, with promotion promos making its value even better. They also carry HKT/HKBN NAT, standing out in current HK setups.
Network Quality#
Off-Peak IPv4 Backhaul
Network quality diagnostic script result
Current site network sensor tool result
Off-Peak ITDOG Outbound
ITDOG diagnostic results
International Mainstream Network Interconnect
Current site Tcpping international interconnect graph results
Off-peak Guangzhou Telecom (500Mbps) -> Target Machine IPERF3 Single-Thread Test
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200 packets transmitted, 200 received, 0% packet loss, time 199296ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 10.385/10.856/11.482/0.205 ms
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 17.2 MBytes 14.5 Mbits/sec 2321 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 13.7 MBytes 11.5 Mbits/sec receiver
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 16.8 MBytes 14.0 Mbits/sec 2105 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 13.4 MBytes 11.2 Mbits/sec receiver
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Off-peak Guangzhou Unicom (500Mbps) -> Target Machine IPERF3 Single-Thread Test
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200 packets transmitted, 200 received, 0% packet loss, time 199251ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 43.565/44.188/55.500/0.976 ms
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 9.88 MBytes 8.28 Mbits/sec 1068 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.04 sec 6.49 MBytes 5.42 Mbits/sec receiver
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.05 sec 9.38 MBytes 7.82 Mbits/sec 867 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 6.30 MBytes 5.28 Mbits/sec receiver
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Off-peak Guangzhou Mobile (500Mbps) -> Target Machine IPERF3 Single-Thread Test
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200 packets transmitted, 152 received, 24% packet loss, time 200019ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 17.976/18.874/21.137/0.677 ms
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.11 MBytes 1.77 Mbits/sec 617 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 1.95 MBytes 1.64 Mbits/sec receiver
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 7.53 MBytes 6.31 Mbits/sec 1264 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 6.00 MBytes 5.04 Mbits/sec receiver
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Off-peak Shenzen Telecom (500Mbps) -> Target Machine IPERF3 Single-Thread Test
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1165 packets transmitted, 1102 received, 5.40773% packet loss, time 1166753ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 11.587/12.964/23.675/1.351 ms
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 5.75 MBytes 48.2 Mbits/sec 1030 27.1 KBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.25 MBytes 10.5 Mbits/sec 1051 24.4 KBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.25 MBytes 10.5 Mbits/sec 384 20.3 KBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.25 MBytes 10.5 Mbits/sec 18 14.9 KBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 1.25 MBytes 10.5 Mbits/sec 17 14.9 KBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.25 MBytes 10.5 Mbits/sec 15 16.3 KBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 1.25 MBytes 10.5 Mbits/sec 15 16.3 KBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 22 12.2 KBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 1.25 MBytes 10.5 Mbits/sec 13 21.7 KBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.25 MBytes 10.5 Mbits/sec 20 13.6 KBytes
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 15.8 MBytes 13.2 Mbits/sec 2585 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 12.9 MBytes 10.8 Mbits/sec receiver
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.97 MBytes 16.5 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 371 KBytes 3.04 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.32 MBytes 11.0 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.06 MBytes 8.92 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.40 MBytes 11.8 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 260 KBytes 2.13 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.74 MBytes 14.6 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.39 MBytes 11.7 Mbits/sec
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 13.2 MBytes 11.1 Mbits/sec 2811 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 9.49 MBytes 7.96 Mbits/sec receiver
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Off-peak Guangdong Mobile (1000Mbps) -> Target Machine IPERF3 Single-Thread Test
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1160 packets transmitted, 902 received, 22.2414% packet loss, time 1164998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.120/18.875/29.786/0.761 ms
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 163 KBytes 1.33 Mbits/sec 25 2.71 KBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 14 2.71 KBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 4 1.36 KBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 51.5 KBytes 422 Kbits/sec 5 4.07 KBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 104 KBytes 855 Kbits/sec 13 5.42 KBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 98.9 KBytes 811 Kbits/sec 11 5.42 KBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 48.8 KBytes 400 Kbits/sec 16 1.36 KBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 47.4 KBytes 389 Kbits/sec 11 2.71 KBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 50.2 KBytes 411 Kbits/sec 10 2.71 KBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec 4 1.36 KBytes
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 564 KBytes 462 Kbits/sec 113 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 503 KBytes 411 Kbits/sec receiver
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 2.86 MBytes 24.0 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.11 MBytes 9.28 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.24 MBytes 10.4 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.12 MBytes 9.42 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 1.16 MBytes 9.72 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.13 MBytes 9.52 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 1.16 MBytes 9.75 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.15 MBytes 9.63 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 1.14 MBytes 9.55 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.16 MBytes 9.69 Mbits/sec
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 16.6 MBytes 13.9 Mbits/sec 1914 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 13.2 MBytes 11.1 Mbits/sec receiver
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RFC.HK.JINX -> Target Machine IPERF3 Single-Thread Test
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334 packets transmitted, 334 received, 0% packet loss, time 333480ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.204/1.685/3.058/0.293 ms
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.45 GBytes 2.10 Gbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.44 GBytes 2.10 Gbits/sec receiver
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.59 GBytes 2.22 Gbits/sec 517 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.59 GBytes 2.22 Gbits/sec receiver
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DMIT.HK.T1 -> Target Machine IPERF3 Single-Thread Test
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336 packets transmitted, 336 received, 0% packet loss, time 335494ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.464/2.872/5.476/0.306 ms
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.47 GBytes 2.12 Gbits/sec 494 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 2.46 GBytes 2.11 Gbits/sec receiver
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.62 GBytes 2.25 Gbits/sec 828 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.62 GBytes 2.25 Gbits/sec receiver
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IP Quality#
IPv4 Quality
IP quality diagnostic script result
Current site IP quality check tool result
IPlark Test Result
iplark check results
Common Streaming Unlock
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Test Time: 2026-03-18 01:46:20
IPv4:
============[ Multination ]============
Apple YES (Region: HKG)
BingSearch YES (Region: HK)
Claude YES
Dazn YES (Region: HK)
Disney+ YES (Region: HK)
Gemini NO
GoogleSearch YES
Google Play Store YES (Region: HK)
IQiYi YES (Region: HK)
Instagram Licensed Audio YES
KOCOWA NO
MetaAI Unknown: unexpected response: ajax status=401, home status=403
Netflix YES (Region: HK)
Netflix CDN HK
OneTrust YES (Region: HK SHA TIN)
ChatGPT YES (Only Available with Mobile APP)
Paramount+ Unknown: get www.paramountplus.com failed with code: 406
Amazon Prime Video YES (Region: HK)
Reddit YES
SonyLiv YES (Region: HK)
Sora Banned (VPN Blocked)
Spotify Registration NO
Steam Store YES (Community Available) (Region: HK)
TVBAnywhere+ YES (Region: HK)
TikTok YES (Region: ALISG)
Viu.com YES
Wikipedia Editability YES
YouTube Region YES (Region: HK)
YouTube CDN hkbn - HKG
---------------------TikTok Unlock--thanks to lmc999's original script---------------------
Tiktok Region: [ALISG]
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Sub-Streaming Unlock
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** Testing IPv4 Unlocks Setup
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** Your Network: Hong Kong Broadband Network (110.235.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: HK)
Disney+: Yes (Region: HK)
Netflix: Yes (Region: HK)
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: HK)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: HK)
TVBAnywhere+: No
Spotify Registration: No
OneTrust Region: HK [Sha Tin]
iQyi Oversea Region: HK
Bing Region: HK (Risky)
Apple Region: HK
YouTube CDN: [HKBN] in [Hong Kong]
Netflix Preferred CDN: [Hong Kong Broadband Network] in [Hong Kong]
ChatGPT: No (Only Available with Mobile APP)
Google Gemini: No
Claude: Unknown (https://claude.com/app-unavailable-in-region)
Wikipedia Editability: Yes
Google Play Store: Hong Kong
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: HKD
---Forum---
Reddit: Yes
---Game---
SD Gundam G Generation Eternal: Yes
=======================================
=============[ Hong Kong ]=============
Now E: Failed (Error: )
Viu.com: Yes (Region: HK)
Viu.TV: Yes
MyTVSuper: Yes
HBO Max: Yes (Region: HK)
SonyLiv: No (Content not found)
BiliBili Hongkong/Macau/Taiwan: Yes
Bahamut Anime: Yes (Region: HK)
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Common IP Database Results
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Data for reference only, not full 100% accuracy; cross-check multiple databases if inconsistent.
Below are database indices; following results will carry individual source numbers.
ipinfo [0] | scamalytics [1] | virustotal [2] | abuseipdb [3] | ip2location [4]
ip-api [5] | ipwhois [6] | ipregistry [7] | ipdata [8] | db-ip [9]
ipapiis [A] | ipapicom [B] | bigdatacloud [C] | dkly [D] | ipqualityscore [E]
ipintel [F] | ipfighter [G] | fraudlogix [H] | cloudflare [I] |
IPv4:
Safety Scores:
Trust Rating (higher is better): 100 [8]
VPN Rating (lower is better): 0 [8]
Proxy Rating (lower is better): 0 [8]
Community Votes-Harmless: 0 [2]
Community Votes-Malicious: 0 [2]
Threat Rating (lower is better): 0 [8]
Fraud Rating (lower is better): 100 [E]
Abuse Rating (lower is better): 0 [3]
ASN Abuse Index (Very Low) [A]: 0.0004
Company Abuse Index (Low) [A]: 0.0009
Threat Level: low [9 B]
Blacklist stats:
Harmless files: 0 [2] Malicious: 0 [2] Suspicious: 0 [2] Unlisted: 94 [2]
Security Info:
Usage Type: isp [0 3 7 8 A] unknown [C] business [9]
Company Type: isp [0 7 A]
Is Cloud Provider: No [7 D]
Is Data Center: No [0 5 8 A C G]
Is Mobile Device: No [5 A C G] Yes [E]
Is Proxy: No [0 4 5 7 8 9 A B C D] Yes [E G]
Is VPN: No [7 A C D E G] Yes [0]
Is Tor: No [0 3 7 8 A B C D E]
Is Tor Exit: No [7 D]
Is Web Crawler: No [9 A B E]
Is Anonymous: No [7 8 D]
Is Attacker: No [7 8 D]
Is Abuser: No [7 8 A C D] Yes [E]
Is Threat: No [7 8 C D]
Is Relay: No [0 7 8 C D]
Is Bogon: No [7 8 A C D]
Is Bot: Yes [E]
DNS-Blacklist: 309(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 8(Blacklisted) 18(Other)
Google Search Viability: NO
------------Mail port check--based on oneclickvirt/portchecker open-source------------
Platform SMTP SMTPS POP3 POP3S IMAP IMAPS
LocalPort ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
QQ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
163 ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sohu ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yandex ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Gmail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Outlook ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Office365 ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yahoo ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MailCOM ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
MailRU ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
AOL ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
GMX ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sina ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Apple ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
FastMail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
ProtonMail✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MXRoute ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Namecrane ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
XYAMail ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
ZohoMail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Inbox_eu ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘
Free_fr ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
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---------------------Base Information--thanks to all open-source projects----------------------
CPU Model : AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with Radeon Graphics
CPU Cores : 1
CPU Frequency : 2495.312 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 64.00 KB / L2: 512.00 KB / L3: 16.00 MB
AES-NI Instructions: ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V Support: ✔ Enabled
Memory : 105.43 MiB / 973.23 MiB
Swap : [ no swap partition or swap file detected ]
Storage space : 1.04 GiB / 9.64 GiB
Startup disk path : /dev/sda1
Uptime : 0 days, 6 hour 39 min
Load : 0.20, 0.17, 0.34
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) (x86_64)
Architecture : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 6.1.0-42-cloud-amd64
TCP Speed Up : cubic
Virtualization : KVM
NAT Type : Port Restricted Cone
IPv4 ASN : AS9269 Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd.
IPv4 Location : Sha Tin / Sha Tin / HK
------------------------CPU Check--via sysbench-------------------------
-> CPU Checking (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single-Thread (1Core) Score: 5781 Scores
--------------------Memory Check--thanks to lemonbench open-source----------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single-Thread Read: 70057.20 MB/s
Single-Thread Write: 39597.50 MB/s
--------------------Disk dd Check--thanks to lemonbench open-source--------------------
-> Disk IO Checks (4K Block/1M Block, Direct Mode)
Ops Description Write Speed Read Speed
100MB-4K Block 59.3 MB/s (14.49 IOPS, 1.77s)) 96.5 MB/s (23565 IOPS, 1.09s)
1GB-1M Block 10.9 GB/s (10.38 IOPS, 0.10s)) 12.3 GB/s (11691 IOPS, 0.09s)
----------------------Disk fio Check--thanks to yabs open-source-----------------------
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
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Read | 357.77 MB/s (89.4k) | 1.98 GB/s (30.9k)
Write | 358.71 MB/s (89.6k) | 1.99 GB/s (31.1k)
Total | 716.48 MB/s (179.1k) | 3.97 GB/s (62.0k)
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Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
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Read | 2.47 GB/s (4.8k) | 2.62 GB/s (2.5k)
Write | 2.61 GB/s (5.0k) | 2.80 GB/s (2.7k)
Total | 5.09 GB/s (9.9k) | 5.42 GB/s (5.2k)
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