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Which VPN was Right for Me


Choosing a VPN
My last post explained why I decided to use a VPN.   Now here is how I choose the one I finally settled on.   I tried a couple of free VPNs and found issues with them all.  I Googled best VPN and got a variety of ratings from a bunch of different magazines and tech blogs.   I tried TunnelBear first as it seems very friendly.   It was friendly and worked okay but if I turned it off on my desktop, it required a reboot to get back to   I checked out the FAQs and emailed tech support but really got no satisfaction.
the Internet.

Next I read reviews until my eyes bled.   I decided to try NordVPN and it ranks as number one on many of the review sites.  It also had a 3 day trial run.  Frankly they should all have a free trial run but that is another can of worms.   It installed easily.   I attached easily and then ran a speed test.   My connection speed dropped 90% on the download side and 80% on the upload side.   Again went to FAQ’s and found nothing working.  I got a very pleasant young man on Chat who, if his profile pic was accurate is in my 14 year old granddaughters tech class.   Regardless of how disturbingly young he looked, he provided me with a few scenarios.   After adding some new dns numbers to my settings I was able to run a speed test and my connection speeds were only down 50%.   He suggested some more tweaks and I thanked him, asked for a transcript and went to bed.  I don’t know where he was but I know it was way past my bed time. 

I tried his tweaks the next day and got no better speed.  More importantly my tablet connection suffered the same level of degradation.   After looking at their suggestions for tweaking my tablet I concluded that NordVPN was not for me.    

Next Time:  PureVPN May 9th

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