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I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ on recommendation from a colleague, and I'm pretty happy. No logs, plenty se

I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ on recommendation from a colleague, and I'm pretty happy. No logs, plenty servers, no real issues, and they recently shut down their Russian server due to imminent privacy concerns. So I feel that they have their priorities straight. I used https://www.frootvpn.com/ https://www.frootvpn.com/ briefly when it was free - seemed ok too, but not many servers back then. Depends really what you want to use it for, but you could look into something like https://www.zerotier.com/ https://www.zerotier.com/ or even hosting your own. This might be useful for more in depth comparisons: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/ https://thatoneprivacysite.net/

prophet_ 10y ago
I use PIA and I can't complain. One issue I noticed that may affect others as well is that they are being blocked more and more around the internet. I don't think this is only a PIA problem though.
- Klathmon 10y ago
  Yeah I love PIA, but i've found several sites that outright block you in very "opaque" ways (my favorite is one that says the site is down for emergency maintenance when you connect from a PIA VPN IP). It sucks, but I think PIA (and others) are going to need to start using different IPs and getting around these blocks if they want to stay competitive.
- deanclatworthy 10y ago
  It definitely is a problem with PIA. And furthermore, they have said they won't be circumventing the geoblocks, as they have done before.
jay-saint 10y ago
+1 for PIA UK exit nodes work for watching BBC. Plus as a bonus they have recently implemented an option that block ads and malware on a DNS level. There are apps for iOS, macOS and Windows. It can also work without the app and be setup on a router level to protect the entire network.
- deanclatworthy 10y ago
  PIA has said they actively won't be circumventing geoblocks anymore. Last time I tried BBC was blocked on both London & Southampton (in the last 24hrs). EDIT: It seems iPlayer is now working again, although if you check their forums from when they began this change in policy, they specifically stated they would not actively circumvent the blocks.
anexprogrammer 10y ago
They seem to have some ongoing issues with their client - there have been speed issues with the last couple of releases, on Windows at least. I've had to regress to an earlier version or I get DNS timeouts galore with v60. There's quite a few open threads on their forums about this. Aside from that, their IPs seem to regularly get hit with Cloudflare captcha. Usually, but not always, switching to a different exit will fix, for a while at least. I've not found anyone better though.
- darkblackcorner 10y ago
  I didn't like their client so switched to using the OpenVPN client instead: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html
aphextron 10y ago
>No logs Don't kid yourself. They are logging everything, and would be completely negligent not to.
- vollmond 10y ago
  Why would it be negligent?

prophet_ 10y ago

I use PIA and I can't complain. One issue I noticed that may affect others as well is that they are being blocked more and more around the internet. I don't think this is only a PIA problem though.

Klathmon 10y ago
Yeah I love PIA, but i've found several sites that outright block you in very "opaque" ways (my favorite is one that says the site is down for emergency maintenance when you connect from a PIA VPN IP). It sucks, but I think PIA (and others) are going to need to start using different IPs and getting around these blocks if they want to stay competitive.
deanclatworthy 10y ago
It definitely is a problem with PIA. And furthermore, they have said they won't be circumventing the geoblocks, as they have done before.

jay-saint 10y ago

+1 for PIA UK exit nodes work for watching BBC. Plus as a bonus they have recently implemented an option that block ads and malware on a DNS level. There are apps for iOS, macOS and Windows. It can also work without the app and be setup on a router level to protect the entire network.

deanclatworthy 10y ago
PIA has said they actively won't be circumventing geoblocks anymore. Last time I tried BBC was blocked on both London & Southampton (in the last 24hrs). EDIT: It seems iPlayer is now working again, although if you check their forums from when they began this change in policy, they specifically stated they would not actively circumvent the blocks.

anexprogrammer 10y ago

They seem to have some ongoing issues with their client - there have been speed issues with the last couple of releases, on Windows at least. I've had to regress to an earlier version or I get DNS timeouts galore with v60. There's quite a few open threads on their forums about this. Aside from that, their IPs seem to regularly get hit with Cloudflare captcha. Usually, but not always, switching to a different exit will fix, for a while at least. I've not found anyone better though.

darkblackcorner 10y ago
I didn't like their client so switched to using the OpenVPN client instead: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html

aphextron 10y ago

>No logs Don't kid yourself. They are logging everything, and would be completely negligent not to.

vollmond 10y ago
Why would it be negligent?