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Stumble Bum · 17 Oct 2025 at 16:34

Noughtboy said:
@Stumble Bum I am sorely tempted. They have a "Black Friday" Sale on currently for £78.03 for 27 months. TCB gives back 76.5% so the cost is around £18.50 for 27 months or about 68p/month.

Just a quick question. Do you do online gaming. Kids do this and I indulge too so wondering about the ping, jitter etc and if we set, for example, USA does this affect server locations? Also, things like Netflix as this connects through either VM hub or TV and these in turn connect through the Cudt routers above which in turn connect to the VM5 router in modem mode.
Do I need to set it up on the router or is it merely browser based. There are advantages and disadvantages to both.

I just use it as an extension in my browser. Whenever I need to view an age-restricted website, I just click the button in the top right of my browser, then click on the netherlands flag as my go-to country and that's it. I'm now appearing from the Netherlands pretty much instantly. Works on my android phone too as an app. Click the disconnect button and i'm back appearing from my usual UK i.P.

I can't speak for ping for gaming and using a vpn as I just use it for websites.

VaderDSL · 23 Mar 2026 at 10:48

Some companies really take the **** with auto renewals. My subscription to Nord runs out next month, I paid around £60 ish for a standard 2 year subscription, they now want £133 for one year on renewal

When i go to all plans I can get another 2 years for just under £70. I hate predatory auto renewals like that.

Vimes · 23 Mar 2026 at 11:11

Each year my Windscribe auto renews, with prior notice, I get this...

Plan
Cheapest Almost Ever

Renewal or Expiry Date
2027-03-01

it renews at the price I got it for, less than £15 for a year.

VaderDSL · 23 Mar 2026 at 12:59

Vimes said:
Each year my Windscribe auto renews, with prior notice, I get this...

Plan
Cheapest Almost Ever

Renewal or Expiry Date
2027-03-01

it renews at the price I got it for, less than £15 for a year.

I'll check them out

Eddie99 · 23 Mar 2026 at 16:07

VaderDSL said:
Some companies really take the **** with auto renewals. My subscription to Nord runs out next month, I paid around £60 ish for a standard 2 year subscription, they now want £133 for one year on renewal When i go to all plans I can get another 2 years for just under £70. I hate predatory auto renewals like that.

If you want to stick with Nord then just make a new account and use the 98% topcashback offer.

Richard - London · 3 Apr 2026 at 18:10

Coming up to end of my surfshark sub, what are people using now? Need something simple but works, should i renew or look at nord?

jonneymendoza · 3 Apr 2026 at 18:11

Richard - London said:
Coming up to end of my surfshark sub, what are people using now? Need something simple but works, should i renew or look at nord?

Expess vpn

Armadillo · 3 Apr 2026 at 18:56

I'm still using proton. 10 connections and port forwarding. Everyone else I've looked at is either less connection or no port forwarding.

ChrisD. · 3 Apr 2026 at 19:13

Armadillo said:
I'm still using proton. 10 connections and port forwarding. Everyone else I've looked at is either less connection or no port forwarding.

Not much point in running a VPN if you port forward, which is probably why most providers don't offer it.

Caged · 3 Apr 2026 at 19:37

The main use case for it is people who want to torrent without their ISP getting the nasty letters from the lawyers

Richard - London · 3 Apr 2026 at 20:56

Caged said:
The main use case for it is people who want to torrent without their ISP getting the nasty letters from the lawyers

Or for those of us that travel a lot

KIA · 4 Apr 2026 at 15:27

ChrisD. said:
Not much point in running a VPN if you port forward, which is probably why most providers don't offer it.

You get the protection of a VPN plus you become connectable.

hartgeh3 · Saturday at 20:25

Windscribe Pro $29 for a year - https://windscribe.com/upgrade?promo=10YRBABY&pcpid=2026_420_notif2

Avalon · Sunday at 13:04

hartgeh3 said:
Windscribe Pro $29 for a year - https://windscribe.com/upgrade?promo=10YRBABY&pcpid=2026_420_notif2

Worth mentioning it's a lifetime price, you keep renewing, it stays the same.

michty_me · Sunday at 14:43

Also worth mentioning, if you get the free tier, use that, they will generally send out a code for going the pro route. I think I'm about £24 lifetime renewal.

Caged · Sunday at 14:58

I forgot I was on that $29 deal, was going to move to it and then it auto-renewed so I didn't have to

RollerBall · Sunday at 15:50

I have Windscribe VPN on my phone & desktop. I've noticed it's really slow on my WiFi (EE fibre) and I have to change servers often or it gets bogged down. Then it's not so bad for 10-15 mins then I need to swap again.

It's fine on my 5g so I guess there's some router setting that's not playing ball. Anyone have any ideas?

Avalon · Monday at 20:20

michty_me said:
Also worth mentioning, if you get the free tier, use that, they will generally send out a code for going the pro route. I think I'm about £24 lifetime renewal.

I mean, $29 is £21.42 as of today, it's hardly life changing, but it's as low as the BF deal was, and probably about as cheap as it's going to get going forward.

michty_me · Monday at 22:02

Avalon said:
I mean, $29 is £21.42 as of today, it's hardly life changing, but it's as low as the BF deal was, and probably about as cheap as it's going to get going forward.

Apologies, didn't notice the dollar. Oops.
Some people just like to save a few quid but I know what you mean.

Eddie99 · Monday at 22:28

If you want to save a few quid then you can get 2 years of ProtonVPN for around £38 (£19/year) if you sign up while connected to Brazil with a different VPN/proxy.

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