Best VPN Solution?

photoshop · 23 Nov 2016 at 12:47

Hi guys,

I understand there are a few free VPN services out there. Can anyone recommend one that is simple enough to use on a daily basis?

photoshop · 23 Nov 2016 at 13:04

b0rn2sk8 said:
No free service is truly 'free', they are restricted in some way or you have to give something up.

They typically have one or all the following issues:
Ad Supported.
Speed (slow)
Heavily restrictive data limit (ie. 500mb)
They run of Peer to Peer which means other people are using your internet to brows anonymously. (Bad, ie. Hola)
Latency (slow)

If your serious about using a VPN just buy one that fits your needs, you can get full featured services from £40 a year. Tor Guard, PIA, Tunnel Bear to name a few. Just read the small print carefully as to what is and inst allowed on their network.

Many thanks for your response.

I agree as free is never really free.

I've been using tunnel bear (with 500mb cap) to try it out but what I've noticed is that my torrents don't download but I can surf just fine? Is there a reason for this?

Also what would you suggest from the paid ones? PureVPN or PIA or TunnelBear?
I download a lot so need one that isn't going to slow down my 200Mb BB connection or have any download/upload limits

photoshop · 23 Nov 2016 at 13:48

Type_R said:
I've just renewed with ExpressVPN. Excellent speeds and totally unlimited. Doesn't come cheap though - about £80 for the year.

Thanks. What up and down source do you regularly get?

photoshop · 23 Nov 2016 at 20:37

Thanks Guys, Gone with PureVPN

£47 for lifetime sub via StackSocial

photoshop · 23 Nov 2016 at 22:51

I'm getting rubbish download speeds with PureVPN. In the last few hours the most I've managed is 22mb download. I'm on a 200mb connection!

Any ideas why it's so slow?

photoshop · 24 Nov 2016 at 15:30

Avalon said:
They suggest different servers for different uses, have a look into which server you're suing and try a different one. Also it depends on what the device running it is, for example OpenVPN isn't multi-threaded from memory, I forget it's limit speed wise, but it was lower than 200mbit, also don't forget the 'up to' proviso from VM may mean you don't get 200mbit.

I've tried all the different servers for the various pre-loaded scenarios and speed never improves. Would have thought the UK servers would have been fastest but no joy.

Running on my Win8.1 PC.

I speed tested without the VPN activated and I was getting 220Mb/s. With the VPN activated I was getting between 18-20Mb/s

photoshop · 24 Nov 2016 at 16:45

meandu229 said:
VPN sites are blocked at work so I cant check but do they support any other protocol like that you can try as someone above says openvpn isnt the fastest.

Ye Various...TCP/UDP/PPLP and various others. They don't make much difference.

photoshop · 24 Nov 2016 at 20:23

Armadillo said:
Are you the client or have it set up on a router? It apparently takes quite a bit of grunt and home routers are often not up to the job.

Its setup on my PC. The router is the SuperHub 3.0 from VM which i haven't modified.

Connected this evening to a uk server using the L2LP Protocol and getting full download speed so looks like the issue is resolved.

No idea what any of these protocols mean or do interms of speed/security :confused:

photoshop · 24 Nov 2016 at 23:40

Getting some insane speeds through the vpn at the moment. Im on a 200mb BB package...