Next I tried PureVPN.
The main reason I tried it was that it ranked the fastest on many
sites. They do NOT have a free
trial. They have a 30 day money back
guarantee which the young woman I Chatted with assured me was legitimate. They do have a very reasonable three year
plan and I decided as long as I have a 30 day money back guarantee I would take
the plunge. Now I was concerned about
their ability to work with Android. One
review stated that he had consistent issues with the Android version. I have installed it on a desktop, a tablet,
a laptop and a phone. Two versions of
Android and one of Windows 10. The
first thing I noticed was that the speed degradation on download was between
20% and 30%. That still stinks but is
substantially better than the others I tried.
Surprisingly my upload speed actually increased.
I will try and put this through some paces but this is, so
far, the best I’ve tried. BTW the
Android version didn’t cause any surprising issues. I do not know if I can stand the speed
degradation on a daily basis but when traveling I will put up with it for
safeties sake.
I did not get any of my choices free except for the ones
that are free to everyone. I am sure
this review will offend true techies but as a retired techie I am trying to convey
useful information for the normal user who is often not well versed in
technology.
I would suggest to all the VPN vendors to work diligently to
make their products more user friendly and provide better tech support. MOST importantly figure out how to make it FASTER. This is a market that is bound to grow
dramatically and if you folks who are currently in it don’t up your game you
are going to have someone like Amazon decide they can do it better and you will
be obsolete.
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