I bought a Corona plan during DMIT's Christmas event, so now I can make a proper comparison. xhj002

I did my best with the formatting, but there is really no way to optimize the mobile display perfectly; I recommend viewing the charts in landscape mode or on a larger screen. yct018

Contents

1. Configuration Comparison
2. Evening Peak Single-Thread Speed Tests
3. Return Routes & Network Quality
4. Outbound Routes from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou - IPv4
5. Outbound Routes from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou - IPv6
6. Mainland Three-Network Outbound TCP Ping - IPv4
7. Mainland Three-Network Outbound TCP Ping - IPv6
8. International Connectivity
9. IP Quality & Streaming Unlock
10. Performance Tests
11. Summary

1. Configuration Comparison

Plan 🇺🇸 BandwagonHOST NODESEEK-MEGABOX-PRO 🇺🇸 DMIT LAX.AN4.PRO.MALIBU 🇺🇸 DMIT LAX.AN4.EB.CORONA
Location United States, Los Angeles United States, Los Angeles United States, Los Angeles
CPU 2 x AMD EPYC-Genoa vCores 1 x AMD EPYC 9654 vCore 1 x AMD EPYC 9654 vCore
RAM 2GB 1GB 1GB
Disk 40GB 20GB 20GB
Traffic 2TB(two-way billing), suspended after overage 1TB(two-way billing), rate-limited after overage 2Mbps 2TB(two-way billing), rate-limited after overage 2Mbps
Peak Bandwidth 2.5Gbps 1Gbps 2Gbps
IPv4Return Telecom CN2GIA/Unicom9929/Mobile CMIN2 Telecom/Unicom/Mobile CN2GIA Telecom9929/Unicom9929/Mobile CMIN2
IPv6Return international route with no mainland China optimization Telecom9929/Unicom9929/Mobile CMIN2 Telecom9929/Unicom9929/Mobile CMIN2
Network 1 x IPv4, 1 x /64 IPv6 1 x IPv4, 1 x /64 IPv6 1 x IPv4, 1 x /64 IPv6
Price USD$49.00 USD$49.90 USD$49.90

BandwagonHOST's NODESEEK-MEGABOX-PRO is a co-branded plan with the forum; NODESEEK-BIGGERBOX-PRO uses the same route and is located in BandwagonHOST's DC1. DMIT's LAX.PRO.MALIBU belongs to its Los Angeles Pro product line, while LAX.EB.CORONA belongs to the Los Angeles Eyeball (EB) product line. All three tested models are limited-time promo plans. BandwagonHOST's DC1 does not yet have a corresponding regular-price plan, but DMIT sells regular-price plans on the same Pro/Eyeball routes.

Provider website: BandwagonHOST https://bandwagonhost.com | DMIT https://dmit.io

🔗 Quick Links


YABS Node Quality Mixed Benchmark nws.sh Streaming Unlock
[Megabox Pro] [Malibu] [Corona] [Megabox Pro] [Malibu][Corona] [Megabox Pro] [Malibu] [Corona] [Malibu] [Corona] [Megabox Pro] [Malibu] [Corona]

Looking GlassSpeed-test Address:[DMIT LAX.PRO] | [DMIT LAX.EB]
Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou three-network real-time return latency - Probe: [BandwagonHOST Megabox Pro] | [DMIT Malibu] | [DMIT Corona]

2. Evening Peak Direct Single-Thread Speed Tests

Test Method: single-thread TCP
Speed Test URL: https://speed.cloudflare.com
Latency Check URL: http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html

Single-thread speed tests reflect real browsing experience better than multi-thread tests, because web pages, video, and games mostly use single-thread connections, while multi-threading is more often used for downloads. Therefore single-thread testing better reflects actual route quality. TCP is used here; optimized routes do not need UDP testing and may even be QoS-limited by carriers.

Rather than only reading the review, you can also visit DMIT's official speed-test address https://lg.dmit.sh to get first-hand experience; BandwagonHOST does not provide an official speed-test address.

From the IPv4 speed results, for China Telecom, Malibu and Megabox Pro are about the same, while Corona has very good speed even on cross-network Telecom, though it sometimes starts slowly. For China Unicom, Megabox Pro's Unicom 9929 is weaker than the two DMIT models: it starts slowly and cannot match their speeds. Interestingly, the charts also include BandwagonHOST DC6/DC9/DC99 results; those all use CN2 cross-network return to Unicom, yet their Unicom performance is better than DC1 (Megabox Pro). For China Mobile, all three are about the same.

For IPv6, BandwagonHOST's IPv6 comes from a v4tunnel without China optimization, so it basically has no speed. Malibu and Corona use the same optimized v6 route, and results for all three networks are similarly good.

All three machines rarely hit 1G in single-thread tests. My guess is that these products have many users and less spare bandwidth, especially since the tests were run during the evening peak. It could also be provider-side or local-carrier rate limiting; some regional carriers limit single-thread US West traffic to 100-200Mbps even on optimized routes. Kernel parameters may have some effect, but probably not much.

China Telecom - IPv4 China Unicom - IPv4 China Mobile - IPv4
China Telecom - IPv6 China Unicom - IPv6 China Mobile - IPv6

3. Return Routes & Network Quality

Megabox Pro return: premium routes for all three networks: China Telecom CN2 GIA, China Unicom 10099->9929, China Mobile CMIN2; v6 return is not optimized.
Malibu return: all three networks forced to CN2 GIA; v6 uses China Telecom/Unicom 10099->9929 and China Mobile CMIN2.
Corona return: China Telecom/Unicom 10099->9929, China Mobile CMIN2; v6 also uses China Telecom/Unicom 10099->9929 and China Mobile CMIN2.

bash <(curl -sL https://run.NodeQuality.com)
🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona
bash <(curl -sL https://run.NodeQuality.com)
🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona

4. IPv4 Outbound Routes from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou (itdog.cn)

Megabox Pro, Malibu, and Corona all use premium IPv4 outbound routes: China Telecom CN2 GIA, China Unicom 9929->10099, and China Mobile CMIN2.

🇺🇸 Megabox Pro


Location China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou

🇺🇸 Malibu


Location China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou

🇺🇸 Corona


Location China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou

5. IPv6 Outbound Routes from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou (itdog.cn)

IPv6 outbound routes are very different from IPv4.
Megabox Pro's IPv6 has no mainland China optimization. Malibu and Corona have identical IPv6 outbound routes: only China Mobile uses the CMIN2 premium route, while China Telecom and China Unicom IPv6 outbound use their respective backbones. Therefore, for China Unicom users on Malibu (DMIT Pro series), using the v6 9929 return while forcing outbound through the v4 route (9929->10099) may further improve network quality.

🇺🇸 Megabox Pro


Location China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou

🇺🇸 Malibu


Location China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou

🇺🇸 Corona


Location China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou

6. IPv4 Mainland Three-Network Outbound TCP Ping (itdog.cn, 23:00)

During the evening peak, outbound TCP is basically light-green across all three networks, with almost no jitter and 0% packet loss, worthy of an optimized route.

🇺🇸 Megabox Pro


China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile

🇺🇸 Malibu


China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile

🇺🇸 Corona


China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile

7. IPv6 Mainland Three-Network Outbound TCP Ping (itdog.cn, 2025-12-22 23:00)

Megabox Pro's v6 is unoptimized and very jittery. Although Malibu and Corona use direct backbone routes for China Telecom/Unicom v6 outbound, latency, packet loss, and jitter are still very stable.

🇺🇸 Megabox Pro


China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile

🇺🇸 Malibu


China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile

🇺🇸 Corona


China Telecom China Unicom China Mobile

8. International Connectivity

BandwagonHOST Megabox Pro has very large local bandwidth; testing suggests around 10Gbps, though that is not very useful here. Corona did not fully reach its burst 2G local bandwidth. Pulling US West landing nodes is no problem.

The previous BandwagonHOST test used the system's internal DNS (I forgot to check after reinstalling). Thanks to the comments for pointing it out; I removed it and retested, and everything is fine now. yct001

Web Latency


bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danger-dream/network-latency-tester/main/latency.sh)
🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona

bgp.tools


Malibu and Corona are also a bit different.

🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona
IPv4 IPv4 IPv4
IPv6 IPv6 IPv6

International Latency Test (itdog.cn, ping.pe)


🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona
IPv4 - TCP IPv4 - TCP IPv4 - TCP
IPv6 - ICMPv6 IPv6 - ICMPv6 IPv6 -ICMPv6

Speed Test - iPerf3 TCP IPv4 Single-Thread (single 10-second run, 2025-12-22)


Test Tool: iPerf3
🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona

9. IP Quality & Streaming Unlock

Megabox Pro and Corona unlock roughly the same services. Corona uses a new IP range (69.63.X.X), so its IP risk score is lower for now, though it is expected to rise later.
For popular route-optimized machines, you generally should not expect much from streaming plus AI unlock unless the provider offers DNS unlock. Google geolocation is not a concern for these three products, as all are officially geolocation-locked and will not be sent to China.

bash <(curl -sL https://run.NodeQuality.com)
🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona
bash <(curl -L -s check.unlock.media)
🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona
IPv4 IPv4 IPv4
IPv6 IPv6 IPv6

10. Performance Tests

Although Megabox Pro looks like it has twice the configuration of the two DMIT machines, its dual-core CPU score is lower than the single-core scores of the two DMIT models.

bash <(curl -sL https://run.NodeQuality.com)
🇺🇸 Megabox Pro 🇺🇸 Malibu 🇺🇸 Corona