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VPN - START Cable customer

Well for Netflix (to access U.S. based Netflix) and to be able to watch NHL blacked out games (on NHL Gamecenter Live) and blacked out Blue Jays games (MLBTV), Unblock-US is a great option, as i use this. But Unblock-US is not a true VPN, so i know you weren't asking about this.

I'd be interested to know others' VPN experiences as well. PIA (Private Internet Access) has been talked about.

Is it like DNS? How does it work , if you don't mind sharing, if it doesn't take too much of your time, don't want to bother you

reply to DrugTito
Unblock-US is a not a VPN, you're just changing your DNS. privateinternetaccess.com is the cheapest by far and has the most geographical options with unlimited shipping. You can pay anonymously by bitcoins, or TD money transfer, they also use shared IP's and keep 0 logs.

What was your actual issue? I'm curious..

reply to DrugTito
Also curious as I'm deciding between them and boxpn

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reply to DrugTito
Using Start 35/3, PIA Windows VPN, connected to CA-Toronto

Tracing route to www.google.com [74.125.225.208]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms 10.116.1.1
2 12 ms 12 ms 11 ms 184.75.209.89
3 12 ms 11 ms 10 ms te0-0-0-4.ccr22.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com [38.104
.158.33]
4 25 ms 25 ms 25 ms te0-7-0-2.ccr22.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.28.5]
5 26 ms 24 ms 26 ms te0-6-0-0.ccr22.ord03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.29.22]
6 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms te0-7-0-23.ccr21.ord03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.5
4.87.193]
7 26 ms 26 ms 25 ms 38.104.103.130
8 25 ms 27 ms 27 ms 209.85.254.128
9 29 ms 26 ms 28 ms 72.14.237.130
10 37 ms 36 ms 38 ms 209.85.241.22
11 47 ms 46 ms 46 ms 72.14.239.49
12 49 ms 47 ms 47 ms 216.239.46.149
13 47 ms 47 ms 47 ms 209.85.251.111
14 48 ms 46 ms 47 ms den03s06-in-f16.1e100.net [74.125.225.208]

Trace complete.


Tracing route to www.dslreports.com [209.123.109.175]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 10 ms 11 ms 10 ms 10.116.1.1
2 11 ms 12 ms 10 ms 184.75.209.89
3 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms te0-0-0-4.ccr22.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com [38.104
.158.33]
4 23 ms 22 ms 23 ms te0-0-0-5.ccr22.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.42.81]
5 23 ms 22 ms 24 ms te9-8.ccr02.jfk01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.
37]
6 25 ms 22 ms 23 ms te3-1.ccr01.ewr02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.2
25]
7 26 ms 22 ms 23 ms te2-3.ccr01.ewr05.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.47.
162]
8 23 ms 24 ms 23 ms 38.122.158.2
9 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 0.e1-4.tbr2.oct.nac.net [209.123.10.126]
10 25 ms 25 ms 25 ms vlan808.esd1.oct.nac.net [209.123.10.42]
11 26 ms 25 ms 24 ms www.dslreports.com [209.123.109.175]

Trace complete.


Connected to US East,

tracert www.netflix.com

Tracing route to dualstack.wwwservice--frontend-313423742.us-east-1.elb.amazonaw
s.com [50.17.184.64]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 20 ms 21 ms 20 ms 10.194.1.1
2 21 ms 21 ms 22 ms ve200-c4-b2-1.ewr4.choopa.net [64.237.37.113]
3 21 ms 27 ms 22 ms ve123-br1.pnj1.choopa.net [108.61.30.65]
4 26 ms 24 ms 24 ms ve67-br1.nyc2.choopa.net [108.61.93.110]
5 27 ms 21 ms 21 ms ae0.nyc32.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.78.89]
6 27 ms 27 ms 29 ms xe-11-0-1.was14.ip4.tinet.net [141.136.108.146]

7 29 ms 28 ms 28 ms vadata-gw.ip4.tinet.net [173.241.128.50]
8 29 ms 29 ms 52 ms 72.21.220.39
9 29 ms 29 ms 35 ms 72.21.222.155
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 29 ms 28 ms 29 ms 216.182.224.91
14 * * * Request timed out.
.....


Before the start 35/3 upgrade, on 28/1 connected to Netherland, utorrent typically max out at 1.6MB/s - 2.0MB/s due to upload being max out at 125KB/s. Haven't done any test after the upgrade but should be able to max out now.

PIA speedtest link on its site is what I also get when testing at speedtest.net.

reply to DrugTito
I'm looking into AirVPN. I've requested a free trial.

Unblock-us is only about "masquerading" your location so you can access geographically-restricted content (e.g. stream a TV show from CBS.com when you're in Canada, access other countries' Netflix).

Thanks all for the info

Do you know how many connections they allow to each vpn? (for example privateinternetaccess) is it only one or?

Thanks!

Ping to Toronto PIA server is 10 ms, can't ask fo more

Looks good.

Thanks all !

reply to DrugTito
I use ibvpn myself.

reply to DrugTito
I will post some stats for BoxVPN later tonight whom I use.

reply to neuromancer1
Funny, I have amazing speeds with them, even when I'm connected to a server in Chicago. I download, stream netflix, and play games online while maintaining a solid ping.

I have PIA with a Telus 25 and Eastlink 20 connection. In either case, with PIA running (I have a tomato router on each connection) I have never gotten more than about 3mbps while downloading, no matter if I'm using a US, Canadian or European setup. Eastlink sucks at any time (that 20 mbps connection usually runs around 5), but Telus can rock the full bandwidth without the VPN running.

Running the VPN on the router, or on the PC doing the downloading?

My experience to date with VPN on routers, even FAST routers, is that they choke the connection trying to keep up with the crypto. Running it on a fast enough PC gives me wire speed (30-45mbits/sec download). Running on a router chokes things down to 10-20mbit/sec, as does running it on a low-power Atom-based netbook.

Cheers

reply to DrugTito
I'm using PIA. I've connected via their in house software and also have via my router (RT-N66U). I usually get 10Mbit download from their Toronto or US servers. I'm on TSI 18 and will be switching to Start next month.

Some people have had bad experiences with PIA, but my experience has been pretty good. Its cheap and fairly easy to sign up/cancel etc.. Signed up for 1 month and will be going to a 1 year subscription.