Looking for a reasonably priced VPN

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  1. Tommy Vercetti

    Tommy Vercetti The Don

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    I am in the market for a fast and reasonably priced VPN. Preferably under 60 a year that won't affect my speed too much. Any recommendations? Maybe use a promo code?
     
    Tommy Vercetti, Nov 23, 2020
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  2. leif erikson

    leif erikson Game of the Month Fanatic Administrator Supporter GOTM Staff

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    Have been researching this myself. I have found no easy, obvious answer.

    Have been reading the various options on PC Magazine's site and at CNET's site.

    Have not chosen one yet, but am working on it. Thinking about Surfshark... :dunno:
     
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    I wonder if it makes sense to build one's own VPN via AWS, Azure, or similar cloud-hosted self-managed VPN server? I'm mulling this one, myself. And if one does, then presumably one could share it out to family and friends, too.
     
    IglooDame, Nov 27, 2020
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    Would really like to learn how to do this!! :thumbsup:
     
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  5. Synobun

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    I used a friend's AWS VPN for a while. It worked reasonably well.

    Regarding the OP, don't subscribe to any VPN that is heavily advertised. So no NordVPN.
     
    Synobun, Dec 2, 2020
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    Lemon Merchant Not Quite Sonic Retired Moderator

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    I use MalwareBytes Privacy, and it isn't too terrible as far as performance goes. Streaming works well, and that is sort of my acid test for things like that.

    IIRC the cost is about $40 CDN per year.
     
    Lemon Merchant, Dec 5, 2020
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  7. Seraiel

    Seraiel If you want anything from I please ask in German

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    I used hide.io , don't know about reasonally priced but it was the best, ultra-fast.
     
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    Why is this your advice?
     
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  9. Synobun

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    The cheapness causes unreliability, and them recouping costs some way else. And the popularity causes slowness, because there's no way they can offer good speeds to everyone.

    Also, if you rely on a VPN for access to services, the popular VPN farms are the first ones blocked.
     
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    Understandable. Thanks!
     
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