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Using a VPN for BT?

What VPN's do you guys use for BTorrent?

I'm thinking of signing up for one..hopefully one with decent speed.

Thanks

I am using Private Internet access $6.95 / month

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I use Private Internet Access as well. I signed up for a year of service a few months ago for only $40. I have never had problems using the service, and speeds are pretty decent as well.
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I'm using Torguard's BT Proxy service @5.95/mo , I have another VPN service but I use their DNS redirection tool to access geoblocked stuff.
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Have a look and see if the free proxies at Hide My ASS are of any use to you. Been using for a few weeks with Vuze and all seems fine, Check My Torrent shows the proxy. No speed issues, Socks 4/5, I only use US, Sweden, Netherlands and China but hundreds of others cycling constantly to pick from. Canada here fwiw .Edit: not for private sites

I use ibvpn myself its nice and you get a US DNS with all accounts. I let me in laws use that to get US netflix.

I never liked VPNs because it takes over your whole connection. What are you suppose to do when you buy something off of Steam ?

turn it off? I just use mine when I need it.

mine uses a program it connect if you want. nice east to use interface and you just pick your sever and connect.

I am also thinking of using a vpn. I hope some other people give suggestions. I have a quick question . My local isp is horrible. My connection can be in and out rebooting every hour if needed. Will any vpn kill my connection, but then start back again. safely. My modem resets for 30 seconds and then everything if fine.
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yeah it will drop your VPN connection. I think in utorrent you can input your VPN settings and if it discounts it stops utorrent from working till it connects again.

Thanks for the info. I didn't see any info on utorrent , but that doesn't mean anything. I have heard a program for torrents called Vuze . I heard 2 different people say it will stop a torrent and will wait till the vpn starts up. i might have to check that out more. I don't want to take away from the original post.

I'm thinking of trying ibvpn or Private Internet acces here.
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oh maybe it's not utorrent I just looked all you can do is input proxy info. I was wrong yo.

Re: Using a VPN for BT?

This is my 2nd day using Private internet access. I like it a lot. I am using Vuze and have it connected to only be on when the the vpn is on. I don't know much about torrents yet, but im glad i have a VPN now.
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I've tried a few services:

Hide My Ass:
Pros: Generally pretty good speed (I used it on a terrible connection so I won't bother posting the actual speed test results). Lots of server choices.

Cons: Servers are frequently down and it can be a pain in the butt to find a functional one in the area you need. Sketchy history when it comes to protecting user data.

Private Internet Access
Pros: The price is right, good support, solid speeds.
Cons: US-based, I'm currently in a country that blocks a lot of web content and for some reason I have to continually reconnect PIA to continue browsing blocked sites. (This could very well be a problem on my end and not with the VPN, but I haven't quite worked it out.)

SumRando
Pros: Really good speed, Free, good server spread.
Cons: The company is in beta (which is why the service is currently free) so you can only get 10GB/Month.

Hidemyass: largest number of IP addresses, servers. A hidemyass user has received the following:
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Dear xxxxx,
We have received a file sharing complaint and the date, time and IP address provided matches the date, time and IP address your VPN account was in use. Illegal file sharing is against our terms of service and we cannot ignore breach of copyright complaints, as such we kindly ask you to stop sharing said files to comply with this request. Please note repeated offences may result in permanent suspension.
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See: »www.adeepbite.com/hidemyass-vpn-···ent-6395

Private Internet Access: no logs, shared IP addresses. Sometime the upload speed is slow, but 90% of the time private internet access is fast. very limited number of servers.

Some of the IP addresses of hidemyass and private internet access are "blocked" by Google.

smartydns is good, but expensive.

I was using Ipredator.se till earlier this year and went to private internet access. ipredator.se ran about $100/yr after exchange rates, and Private internet access was only $40.

For windows 7 Viscosity was a good purchase as well $10 for the software

I am using IPVanish because they use shared IP addresses, this makes it impossible for them to trace, the speeds have been excellent and the price is redoculous cheap. I've been keeping ahead of the scifi channel in my continuum episodes with a little skip and a hop to Canada

I suggest using TOR . I am going to provide screen shots tonight downloading a Ubuntu distro to show you how quick they are.

If you are not doing anything illegal you shouldn't be worried.

Ipredator (or it's creators) recommended it for their OpenVPN support. if anyone has say the config file for OpenVPN you can simply download the file and import it into viscosity and it makes the connection for you automatically. All you need to do is username/password and that's it. The rest is in the config file.

I like it myself. The Ipredator site explains a bit more in detail on their instructions on setting up a connection why they like viscosity.
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I have my dsl split to 2 tomato routers - one is ways alonline with my vpn, and the other, has the settings in it but I only turn it on when needed. Essentially, if you want to stream hulu, etc, then one connects wirelessly to my always on vpn, and if I'm torrenting, I manually turn it on in my router settings overnight and turn it off in the am.