[Technology] VPN

[Wardy's twin]

tried to search VPN but too short for the engine. Can anyone point me to an old thread or give any recommendations please on best VPN to use and why.

 

[seagull_si]

I have asked this question before and most people recommend Express VPN to me. I’ve had no issues with it.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Pure.

In my experience, the majority of purposes folks use VPNs is for nefarious reasons.

Not in this instance, I'm sure.

Did I mention 'Pure'?

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I’ve been very pleased with NordVPN

 

[elwheelio]

Express VPN

 

[Southern Scouse]

Does Opera include vpn?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Express

 

[albionfan37]

NordVPN not had any issues

 

[happypig]

Another vote for NordVPN

 

[mikeyjh]

tried to search VPN but too short for the engine. Can anyone point me to an old thread or give any recommendations please on best VPN to use and why.

Worth trying out some free trials to make sure the VPN you select will work with the service you are trying to use. For instance, I understand (from a friend ) that Peacock TV does not work with Express VPN but does with NordVPN

 

[Robinjakarta]

Express. All UK TV, Netflix fine.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Worth trying out some free trials to make sure the VPN you select will work with the service you are trying to use. For instance, I understand (from a friend ) that Peacock TV does not work with Express VPN but does with NordVPN

A friend of mine hasn’t had an issue with Peacock on Express.

Apparently he uses the Washington DC server

 

[Boroseagull]

It all depends on where you live in the world. In my case for watching BBC/ITV/Ch4 & 5, Amazon Prime etc. and living in Spain it's UKexpat VPN. Even works for friends in Australia.

 

[basque seagull]

I have surfshark, works well for me.....

 

[pocketseagull]

Worth trying out some free trials to make sure the VPN you select will work with the service you are trying to use. For instance, I understand (from a friend ) that Peacock TV does not work with Express VPN but does with NordVPN

Can confirm Nord works with Peacock.

Also, Peacock accept payment by Paypal which means it can be purchased outside of the States. Quite handy.

 

[Robinjakarta]

A friend of mine hasn’t had an issue with Peacock

 

[GOM]

Does Opera include vpn?

It does, but quite basic, you can only choose from Optimal, Americas, Europe or Asia. Also of course only works if you are in the browser.

I use either Windscribe or Surfshark, I have both.

 

[Official Old Man]

I use CyberGhost. Whilst it works for the things I need it to work for, I have to turn it off for general internet use. bbc.co.uk is my second go to site (after NSC) but even if I use a UK IP address it still comes up as bbc.com. Guessing this is because the BBC and, as such, Sky and the others, must all know CyberGhosts UK IP addresses.

 

[Happy Exile]

I used IPVanish for a while for when I was abroad with work but got a bit paranoid when I discovered it'd disconnected from the VPN by itself but not shutdown my internet connection like it was supposed to, and I was in a country that doesn't allow WhatsApp but that was running still and receiving messages from people.

Can't rule out this being an issue with my laptop, but since installing ExpressVPN the same problem hasn't happened again, and if it disconnects for any reason it shuts down internet traffic until it reconnects.