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    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac Let me know how it goes. Very interested.

    Going to purchase this tomorrow, will let you know 👍🏻

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    @jac said in Best VPN:

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac Let me know how it goes. Very interested.

    Going to purchase this tomorrow, will let you know 👍🏻

    A lot of conflicting views on the matter. Some say it is slow others say it’s great. Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

  • JAC JAC

    @jac said in Best VPN:

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac Let me know how it goes. Very interested.

    Going to purchase this tomorrow, will let you know 👍🏻

    A lot of conflicting views on the matter. Some say it is slow others say it’s great. Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

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    @jac said in Best VPN:

    A lot of conflicting views on the matter. Some say it is slow others say it’s great. Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

    I expect that this depends on where you are in the world, and which node you connect to. Again, as you say, it’s going to be aligned to personal experience. One man’s junk is another man’s gold.

  • @jac said in Best VPN:

    A lot of conflicting views on the matter. Some say it is slow others say it’s great. Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

    I expect that this depends on where you are in the world, and which node you connect to. Again, as you say, it’s going to be aligned to personal experience. One man’s junk is another man’s gold.

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    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac said in Best VPN:

    A lot of conflicting views on the matter. Some say it is slow others say it’s great. Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

    I expect that this depends on where you are in the world, and which node you connect to. Again, as you say, it’s going to be aligned to personal experience. One man’s junk is another man’s gold.

    Of course. Definitely thinking of signing up anytime now…

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac said in Best VPN:

    A lot of conflicting views on the matter. Some say it is slow others say it’s great. Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

    I expect that this depends on where you are in the world, and which node you connect to. Again, as you say, it’s going to be aligned to personal experience. One man’s junk is another man’s gold.

    Of course. Definitely thinking of signing up anytime now…

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    @jac said in Best VPN:

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac said in Best VPN:

    A lot of conflicting views on the matter. Some say it is slow others say it’s great. Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

    I expect that this depends on where you are in the world, and which node you connect to. Again, as you say, it’s going to be aligned to personal experience. One man’s junk is another man’s gold.

    Of course. Definitely thinking of signing up anytime now…

    Was… but it seems to have gone up overall by £4-5 through the year.

  • JAC JAC

    @jac said in Best VPN:

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac said in Best VPN:

    A lot of conflicting views on the matter. Some say it is slow others say it’s great. Maybe it just comes down to personal preference.

    I expect that this depends on where you are in the world, and which node you connect to. Again, as you say, it’s going to be aligned to personal experience. One man’s junk is another man’s gold.

    Of course. Definitely thinking of signing up anytime now…

    Was… but it seems to have gone up overall by £4-5 through the year.

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    @jac Yes, I think the deal was for a limited time only (SurfShark)

  • @jac Yes, I think the deal was for a limited time only (SurfShark)

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    @phenomlab Yep. I think I noted above that that deal was only thru 9/20. New “deal” though:

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    Just not quite THE deal.

    fwiw; I am becoming less than keen on them. Only minimal testing as of yet as I have been busy w/other things. Maybe okay for general browsing but kind of sucky on streaming and/or multiple tabs/containers. At least on desktop FF browser app. Also, I have yet to grok where one can choose various protocols, e.g. wireguard. Maybe easily resolved by a reach out to support but … busy with other stuff as of late so take the above with a dose of salt. Gotta run 🏃

  • @phenomlab Yep. I think I noted above that that deal was only thru 9/20. New “deal” though:

    c3f9a3e2-480d-4861-8706-9e695ba8f247-image.png

    Just not quite THE deal.

    fwiw; I am becoming less than keen on them. Only minimal testing as of yet as I have been busy w/other things. Maybe okay for general browsing but kind of sucky on streaming and/or multiple tabs/containers. At least on desktop FF browser app. Also, I have yet to grok where one can choose various protocols, e.g. wireguard. Maybe easily resolved by a reach out to support but … busy with other stuff as of late so take the above with a dose of salt. Gotta run 🏃

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    @gotwf said in Best VPN:

    @phenomlab Yep. I think I noted above that that deal was only thru 9/20. New “deal” though:

    c3f9a3e2-480d-4861-8706-9e695ba8f247-image.png

    Just not quite THE deal.

    fwiw; I am becoming less than keen on them. Only minimal testing as of yet as I have been busy w/other things. Maybe okay for general browsing but kind of sucky on streaming and/or multiple tabs/containers. At least on desktop FF browser app. Also, I have yet to grok where one can choose various protocols, e.g. wireguard. Maybe easily resolved by a reach out to support but … busy with other stuff as of late so take the above with a dose of salt. Gotta run 🏃

    For what it’s worth I’ve just signed up for 2 years. Interestingly I wonder if I do indeed appear to have a different IP? Can you confirm this Mark?

  • JAC JAC

    @gotwf said in Best VPN:

    @phenomlab Yep. I think I noted above that that deal was only thru 9/20. New “deal” though:

    c3f9a3e2-480d-4861-8706-9e695ba8f247-image.png

    Just not quite THE deal.

    fwiw; I am becoming less than keen on them. Only minimal testing as of yet as I have been busy w/other things. Maybe okay for general browsing but kind of sucky on streaming and/or multiple tabs/containers. At least on desktop FF browser app. Also, I have yet to grok where one can choose various protocols, e.g. wireguard. Maybe easily resolved by a reach out to support but … busy with other stuff as of late so take the above with a dose of salt. Gotta run 🏃

    For what it’s worth I’ve just signed up for 2 years. Interestingly I wonder if I do indeed appear to have a different IP? Can you confirm this Mark?

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    @jac That’s correct. You’re sitting behind their proxy services which is how all VPN providers work.

    Fully expected

  • @phenomlab Yep. I think I noted above that that deal was only thru 9/20. New “deal” though:

    c3f9a3e2-480d-4861-8706-9e695ba8f247-image.png

    Just not quite THE deal.

    fwiw; I am becoming less than keen on them. Only minimal testing as of yet as I have been busy w/other things. Maybe okay for general browsing but kind of sucky on streaming and/or multiple tabs/containers. At least on desktop FF browser app. Also, I have yet to grok where one can choose various protocols, e.g. wireguard. Maybe easily resolved by a reach out to support but … busy with other stuff as of late so take the above with a dose of salt. Gotta run 🏃

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    @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

  • @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

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    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

    😕 will try test all this, I mainly want it for privacy reasons and probably mostly browsing.

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

    😕 will try test all this, I mainly want it for privacy reasons and probably mostly browsing.

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    @jac said in Best VPN:

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

    😕 will try test all this, I mainly want it for privacy reasons and probably mostly browsing.

    It’s my first VPN, I’m happy to possibly take a hit 😉

  • @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

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    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

    How can I test speeds?

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

    How can I test speeds?

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    @jac said in Best VPN:

    How can I test speeds?

    ❓

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @gotwf Yes, in my testing (I’m a little late posting here - sorry) I found that the speed was staggeringly decreased when using the proxy services. For example, I have 380mbps internet at home, and when connected to the VPN, I was only getting around one third of that.

    I guess this is in line with @gotwf findings. For browsing in general it’s probably fine, but for streaming is probably a different story altogether.

    How can I test speeds?

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    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac try speedtest.net

    Thanks mate 👍🏻

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac try speedtest.net

    Thanks mate 👍🏻

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    @jac What speed reading did you get ?

  • @jac What speed reading did you get ?

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    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac What speed reading did you get ?

    17.02 (download) mbps from local server.

    Connected to a multi hop server (french/Swedish) and that came out as 39.71mbps.

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    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac What speed reading did you get ?

    17.02 (download) mbps from local server.

    Connected to a multi hop server (french/Swedish) and that came out as 39.71mbps.

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    @jac interesting. How does this compare to your actual line speed ?

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    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac try speedtest.net

    Current speed 55.9 mate.

  • JAC JAC

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac try speedtest.net

    Current speed 55.9 mate.

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    @jac said in Best VPN:

    @phenomlab said in Best VPN:

    @jac try speedtest.net

    Current speed 55.9 mate.

    However I’m connected to a multi hop server which is Australia > USA and that’s showing 53.41mbps.


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