V0LC0M All American 21234 Posts user info edit post |
Saw this on Engadget and was curious if anyone had any recommendations on VPN software/services.
https://deals.gdgt.com/sales/lifetime-of-purevpn?utm_source=gdgt.com&utm_medium=referral-bonusdeal&utm_campaign=lifetime-of-purevpn
PureVPN - $89 lifetime subscription 4/5/2017 4:24:05 PM
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Grandmaster All American 10829 Posts user info edit post |
https://cryptostorm.is
token based vpn. 52/year -- tried it for a week for like 2 bucks and it serviced my needs. 4/5/2017 8:03:47 PM
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OmarBadu zidik 25014 Posts user info edit post |
i use purevpn and wouldn't recommend it to anyone 4/5/2017 10:43:32 PM
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V0LC0M All American 21234 Posts user info edit post |
why not? 4/6/2017 9:56:59 AM
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neodata686 All American 11572 Posts user info edit post |
I use vyprvpn but only because it came free with my Giganews subscription. It's slow af though. I rarely get above 50-60mbps on a gigabit connection. 4/6/2017 12:56:19 PM
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V0LC0M All American 21234 Posts user info edit post |
Aren't all VPNs slow? 4/6/2017 1:34:02 PM
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neodata686 All American 11572 Posts user info edit post |
They vary. I was hoping for a little better than 50-60mbps on a gigabit connection but then again outside the VPN I rarely ever get over 300-400mbps on anything. 4/6/2017 1:42:34 PM
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synapse play so hard 59653 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "on a gigabit connection" |
I don't think that's your bottleneck in this equation  4/6/2017 2:11:43 PM
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neodata686 All American 11572 Posts user info edit post |
That's exactly what I was implying. My bandwidth isn't the problem. 4/6/2017 5:28:44 PM
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darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11403 Posts user info edit post |
Isn't the cheapest least sketchy option an AWS micro instance? 4/7/2017 11:33:19 AM
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smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18671 Posts user info edit post |
run something on a PVM M1 instance via spot market. you'll never be outbid at $0.01/hr
[Edited on April 7, 2017 at 8:16 PM. Reason : (and get way more bandwidth than a t1/t2 micro)] 4/7/2017 8:15:31 PM
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HaLo All American 13220 Posts user info edit post |
Can you run an amazon vpn so you can get around geo blocking? 4/7/2017 8:36:55 PM
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smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18671 Posts user info edit post |
you can run an ec2 instance in almost any region of the world, so yes 4/7/2017 9:44:34 PM
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colangus All American 723 Posts user info edit post |
I use this one and it's really good: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/
[Edited on April 8, 2017 at 9:46 AM. Reason : .] 4/8/2017 9:46:07 AM
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OmarBadu zidik 25014 Posts user info edit post |
too many disconnects and shitty UI / UX
it does do pretty good on speed though 4/9/2017 9:33:16 PM
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LudaChris All American 7925 Posts user info edit post |
I use NordVPN, as do a couple of my friends, and everyone seems to like it.
Have my router forwarding everything through it, works well. Probably cheaper options though.
[Edited on April 11, 2017 at 1:43 PM. Reason : .] 4/11/2017 1:42:26 PM
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V0LC0M All American 21234 Posts user info edit post |
How is the speed? 4/12/2017 11:32:57 AM
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LudaChris All American 7925 Posts user info edit post |
Depends on where you select your server to be. I haven't really tried anything international as I don't really need to access any region-specific content, so I've jumped around the midwest and east coast and so far speed has been solid. I'm on AT&T Fiber so it drops off some but not enough to really notice anything with my streaming. 4/13/2017 3:06:33 PM
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FloppyD3dot5 New Recruit 9 Posts user info edit post |
I use PIA and get decent download speeds, especially when torrenting things like, umm, Linux distros  4/19/2017 10:15:13 PM
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bdmazur hOmaha 14920 Posts user info edit post |
I'm not very tech savvy, what's the best bang for the buck? And is it straightforward to use? 9/28/2017 12:48:13 AM
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bdmazur hOmaha 14920 Posts user info edit post |
^ 10/9/2017 4:02:31 PM
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ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
For phone/tablet I’ve been using ArkVPN. You can use it for “free” or buy it for subscription. 2.99 a month or 19 a year. 10/9/2017 7:14:17 PM
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bdmazur hOmaha 14920 Posts user info edit post |
What about for a Windows-operated laptop? 10/12/2017 1:33:07 PM
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ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
The only windows device I have is a work laptop and they supply Cisco Anyconnect 10/12/2017 1:44:08 PM
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LimpyNuts All American 16858 Posts user info edit post |
I have used privateinternetaccess for the past couple years, but I just subscribed to PureVPN. PIA has been abysmally slow the past few months, typically getting 5-10 Mbps throughput. I just set up PureVPN last night and it has been much faster (50+ Mbps) but it disconnects very frequently (a couple times an hour) and many of their servers don't seem to respond to connection attempts. 10/18/2017 9:54:06 AM
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rjrumfel All American 22048 Posts user info edit post |
NM
[Edited on May 17, 2019 at 7:45 AM. Reason : bleh] 5/17/2019 7:44:48 AM
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KeB All American 9815 Posts user info edit post |
I use Nord.... no complaints 5/17/2019 8:46:35 AM
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Sweden All American 12149 Posts user info edit post |
I have PIA and have been mostly satisfied. Have heard better things about Nord and may switch when my PIA access runs out in a few months. 5/17/2019 9:37:40 AM
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Nighthawk All American 19408 Posts user info edit post |
I got a NordVPN sub a year or two on a cheap deal. It has worked great for everything I needed. 5/19/2019 11:19:31 AM
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rjrumfel All American 22048 Posts user info edit post |
I just wonder if you can use the VPN's that come with routers to do the same thing, or if they are only able to establish a VPN to your home network from a remote location. 5/20/2019 4:33:13 PM
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darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11403 Posts user info edit post |
^ Is it acting as a client or server? 5/20/2019 5:24:26 PM
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A Tanzarian drip drip boom 10384 Posts user info edit post |
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/hackers-steal-secret-crypto-keys-for-nordvpn-heres-what-we-know-so-far/ 10/21/2019 11:27:31 PM
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StTexan All American 1620 Posts user info edit post |
I use windscribe. Some lifetime subscription for $35 kind of deal 10/21/2019 11:36:17 PM
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GraniteBalls Aging fast 12256 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY 10/29/2019 9:53:13 AM
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