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Title: 2-Year Private Internet Access VPN Service for $59.95 ($2.50/month)
Post by: missalaire on Wed, 01 April 2015, 03:31:14

http://slickdeals.net/f/7767743-2-year-private-internet-access-vpn-service-for-59-95-2-50-month

Title: Re: 2-Year Private Internet Access VPN Service for $59.95 ($2.50/month)
Post by: greath on Wed, 01 April 2015, 10:03:02

I use this service and love it

Title: Re: 2-Year Private Internet Access VPN Service for $59.95 ($2.50/month)
Post by: saturnotaku on Wed, 01 April 2015, 10:25:36

Does this service drastically impact your Internet connection speed? I have 100 Mb service and would like to keep it as close to that as possible.

Title: Re: 2-Year Private Internet Access VPN Service for $59.95 ($2.50/month)
Post by: greath on Wed, 01 April 2015, 10:30:02

Quote from: saturnotaku on Wed, 01 April 2015, 10:25:36

Does this service drastically impact your Internet connection speed? I have 100 Mb service and would like to keep it as close to that as possible.

Very little. I can torrent just as fast as before. I sometimes accidentally leave it on during gaming and my ping goes form ~17ms (DC area) to ~65ms (I think the east coast connection in in NY).

Title: Re: 2-Year Private Internet Access VPN Service for $59.95 ($2.50/month)
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 01 April 2015, 14:32:39

Grrr I just reupped mine for a year a week ago...

Same here, no impact on speed on downloads... the inbuilt speedtest in the torrent client reports PIA VPN as a 500mbps connection, in which case I had to set the upload speed to something sane for my actual connection speed so it wouldn't choke. It's a very good and reliable service if you need a VPN.

Title: Re: 2-Year Private Internet Access VPN Service for $59.95 ($2.50/month)
Post by: saturnotaku on Wed, 01 April 2015, 14:53:26

If I were traveling for work as much as I used to, I'd snap this up in a second, but I just don't think I'd use it enough in the way it was intended.

Title: Re: 2-Year Private Internet Access VPN Service for $59.95 ($2.50/month)
Post by: digi on Wed, 01 April 2015, 15:07:54

Plot twist - PIA is the NSA. You're all going to jail for downloading Kung-Fu Panda  :))