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

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

i use purevpn and wouldn't recommend it to anyone

4/5/2017 10:43:32 PM

why not?

4/6/2017 9:56:59 AM

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

Aren't all VPNs slow?

4/6/2017 1:34:02 PM

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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"on a gigabit connection"

I don't think that's your bottleneck in this equation

4/6/2017 2:11:43 PM

That's exactly what I was implying. My bandwidth isn't the problem.

4/6/2017 5:28:44 PM

Isn't the cheapest least sketchy option an AWS micro instance?

4/7/2017 11:33:19 AM

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

Can you run an amazon vpn so you can get around geo blocking?

4/7/2017 8:36:55 PM

you can run an ec2 instance in almost any region of the world, so yes

4/7/2017 9:44:34 PM

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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"why not?"

too many disconnects and shitty UI / UX

it does do pretty good on speed though

4/9/2017 9:33:16 PM

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

How is the speed?

4/12/2017 11:32:57 AM

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

I use PIA and get decent download speeds, especially when torrenting things like, umm, Linux distros

4/19/2017 10:15:13 PM

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

^

10/9/2017 4:02:31 PM

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

What about for a Windows-operated laptop?

10/12/2017 1:33:07 PM

The only windows device I have is a work laptop and they supply Cisco Anyconnect

10/12/2017 1:44:08 PM

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

NM

[Edited on May 17, 2019 at 7:45 AM. Reason : bleh]

5/17/2019 7:44:48 AM

I use Nord.... no complaints

5/17/2019 8:46:35 AM

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

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

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

^ Is it acting as a client or server?

5/20/2019 5:24:26 PM