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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you go with Mullvad (which is one of the best private VPN providers) you even save some money, as it's just 5 EUR/month. You can also take the 20 bucks that you would have given to Netflix and pay a seedbox company like RapidSeedbox to torrent anonymously.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Huge +1 for Mullvad for their pricing model. 5€/month regardless of "plan" and you can buy as many or as few months as you like. I never feel chained to Mullvad, never worried about subscription running out or getting charged at random moments. Pay 5€, watch whatever you want on the foreign tv websites, forget about vpn for the next 3 months.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you love Mullvad's pricing, you may check out iVPN's one-week plan for $2. Like Mullvad, you don't need an email address to register, just generate an ID and supports WireGuard. Personally, both Mullvad and iVPN have a similar connectivity performances.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried changing the MTU? They both mention that on their support pages.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never tried it. All the time, I'm connected wirelessly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Just realized that I misread your previous comment. I thought you had connectivity problems, but you just said that both Mullvad and IVPN have similar connectivity performance. Sorry

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Mullvad also gives you free multi-hop. It's not particularly useful for torrenting, but it's great for privacy in general. But it's not available in the mobile apps, so I will stick with IVPN.