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Using a VPN to another country slows down browsing a lot – in my experience, enough to make the web unusable from a bad hotel WiFi connection. It's annoying eno
by sjy 10y ago
Using a VPN to another country slows down browsing a lot – in my experience, enough to make the web unusable from a bad hotel WiFi connection. It's annoying enough that I usually just accept the loss of privacy.
- mirimir 10y agoQuality paid VPNs don't reduce speed enough to be problematic in that context. Free VPNs are sometimes throttled. And some ISPs may throttle VPN traffic. If you have problems, you can see if port 443 is better. Or TCP vs UDP.