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Wich VPN do you use? (27)

08-17-2014 06:59 PM #1 montrealim (Member)
Wich VPN do you use?

Looking for a good monthly price with many countries. I'm on mac os.
I only know about hidemyass but they seem almost too mainstream.
Any opinions?

08-17-2014 07:07 PM #2 conquer (Member)

I'm using AirVPN for around 2 years now. Sufficient amount of countries, very good speed, nice support and pretty good prices.

08-17-2014 07:12 PM #3 ricmed (Member)

Hma vpn

08-17-2014 07:57 PM #4 bbrock32 (Administrator)

Overplay + HMA seem to cover nearly every country for me.

08-17-2014 08:05 PM #5 angry old lady (Member)

I use astrill and witopia.


astrill I am liking a lot better. more VPN's and they have a mobile app

although if you are switching between a lot, they lock you out over "excessive logging in"

08-17-2014 08:27 PM #6 shakedown (Member)

I use Astrill, Witopia and Overplay. I have HMA but I never use it cause it is way too slow. Here is something different that I also use:

http://www.vpngate.net/en/

Its an academic project from University of Tsukuba (Japan). Basically, it's a bunch of free and fast VPN servers from all over the world. Click on 'Download' then click on the link titled "Download SoftEther VPN Client + VPN Gate Client Plugin"

08-17-2014 10:40 PM #7 William Yang (Senior Member)

i use Astrill,it is fast and price is ok.

08-17-2014 11:41 PM #8 zeno (Administrator)

I've always like Overplay above all others. HMA covers the few countries Overplay doesn't have. I have tried Witopia/Astril and liked neither for various reasons.

08-18-2014 04:05 AM #9 infoshine (Member)

I use CyberGhost it covers most of the countries I need.

08-18-2014 04:11 AM #10 zeno (Administrator)

Out of interest, what is it that you all want from a VPN service?

What features/benefits to you value most highly?

For me, I need speed. When I want to test a link I want to find and select a country and connect to a VPN in seconds. I want it to negotiate the connection in ~5s or less generally.

I want to then test my link/page/offer and then disconnect. Throughput throughput throughput.

My second want is coverage. I want all the major countries, but also places like Mexico, Vietnam, Philippines, etc. Overplay covers almost all of the ones I want, but not enough that I could avoid using HMA as well.

What is it that you all want from a VPN service, and what's a deal breaker?

08-18-2014 08:04 AM #11 angry old lady (Member)

biggest thing for me is speed and coverage. especially when there are multiple servers in a country that I can select.


Astrill has been excellent for that. witopia does suffer a bit on the coverage side, and also some of their VPN's are downright slow. also their interface is a bit of a pain, and buggy

really, not much to complain about for Astrill.

08-18-2014 08:25 PM #12 sleenirvana (Member)

im sorry guys, can anyone explain to me why we need a vpn to spy on mobile?

08-18-2014 09:07 PM #13 zeno (Administrator)

Because you can't view/observe any and all ads and webpages from an IP based in one country.

You know how you target countries when doing advertising? And geo-redirect people with tracking systems?

If you think about it, that precludes a lot of spying doesn't it...

08-20-2014 09:28 AM #14 montrealim (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by ricmed View Post
Hma vpn
I tried HMA with a friend's account. Downloaded the software both for Mac and PC. Only OpenVPN protocol worked on Mac and it was easily detected by fingerprint websites or softwares. So thats why im looking for something else.


Quote Originally Posted by angry old lady View Post
I use astrill and witopia.


astrill I am liking a lot better. more VPN's and they have a mobile app

although if you are switching between a lot, they lock you out over "excessive logging in"
Looking at Astrill now. Seems good. I will try them.

What kind of protocols are you using (OpenWeb, OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, Cisco IPSec, L2TP over IPSec,
StealthVPN, SSTP, IKEv2)

I want something deep enough so its very difficult to see me behind. Because I will not only use the VPN for spying but also for avoiding fingerprinting (multi accounts in advertisers for example)

08-20-2014 09:49 AM #15 creathinker (Member)

I'm using HMA

08-20-2014 09:50 AM #16 xentaa (AMC Alumnus)

HMA works fine for me.

08-20-2014 11:59 AM #17 montrealim (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by zeno View Post
I've always like Overplay above all others. HMA covers the few countries Overplay doesn't have. I have tried Witopia/Astril and liked neither for various reasons.
Testing Astrill right now. They have a free 7 days trial. So far its much faster than HMA. What didnt you like about it?

Quote Originally Posted by ims2014 View Post
I use Astrill, Witopia and Overplay. I have HMA but I never use it cause it is way too slow. Here is something different that I also use:

http://www.vpngate.net/en/

Its an academic project from University of Tsukuba (Japan). Basically, it's a bunch of free and fast VPN servers from all over the world. Click on 'Download' then click on the link titled "Download SoftEther VPN Client + VPN Gate Client Plugin"
Try this vpngate but its difficult to find a reliable server.

08-31-2014 10:11 PM #18 angry old lady (Member)

btw, for both witopia and astrill, all of their servers are always constantly slow as crap for Brazil. anyone have any recommendations for a VPN there?

08-31-2014 11:53 PM #19 maynzie (Moderator)

Overplay always as well, nice cheap and easy

09-01-2014 01:57 AM #20 constantin (Member)

Astrill is great for me in general. not all the servers are blazing fast but i've used it to get over the Great Firewall (China) for years now.

09-13-2014 08:59 AM #21 clubdrock (Member)

After some research started using ExpressVPN because HMA has been slow as fuark lately. It's a bit more expensive than HMA by a few bucks but so far has been way faster in the international and tier 3 geos. Also has this awesome speed test function that tests all the servers lets you know location is fastest for your current connection. Great if your using a VPN for all your general surfing (or downloading torrents).

09-13-2014 09:21 AM #22 manny030 (Member)

Hotspotshield

09-13-2014 10:27 AM #23 hannahmcintyre ()

I like Overplay, it comes with the nice bonus that I can stream video in almost every country.

09-13-2014 11:58 AM #24 bbrock32 (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by hannahmcintyre View Post
I like Overplay, it comes with the nice bonus that I can stream video in almost every country.
If anyone wants a VPN to be fast for streaming etc the best way is to get a $5 or $10 VPS and install openvpn on it.

09-14-2014 11:23 AM #25 quinnn (Member)

Have tried a few like Overplay and HMA. I like HMA, at least for quick and easy viewing

09-14-2014 02:14 PM #26 aady83 (Member)

HMA, been with them a while, they have android and iphone apps so makes it easy to check things on a device, and is pretty quick

12-08-2014 06:45 PM #27 integrity (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by zeno View Post
Out of interest, what is it that you all want from a VPN service?[/B]
I like HMA because it has the coverage I need, it has OK connection speeds and the mobile app makes it easy to spy on mobile placements (and you don't have to set a password on your Android just for setting up a proxy).

So, those would be my main points for choosing a VPN.

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