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expired Posted by FuschiaDolphin757 • Jan 2, 2025
Jan 2, 2025 3:23 PM
3-Year Windscribe VPN Pro Plan Subscription (Digital Delivery)
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You have two basic types of VPNs. PPTP and "full" VPNs like Windscribe. PPTP VPNs tend to be faster because there's less going on and they don't offer as much privacy by way of encryption. "Full" VPNs offer much better encryption and thus privacy but that obviously requires more processing power which can result in slower speeds. That's on top of all the usual things that can cause performance issues with networks the size of the Internet.
You also have to accept that a VPN is going to generally slow things down a little. You use it because you don't want your ISP building an advertising profile of you from your browsing history and selling it to anyone willing to pay the asking price or things of that nature. That all said, Windscribe has been working to both increase their server footprint and upgrade some of the nodes to 10Gbps connections.
I've been using Windscribe since I snagged one of their lifetime deals several years ago. They don't even offer them anymore. For the most part, I am pretty happy with the performance of Windscribe. The past few days it's been kind of slow, but it's a blip over the span of several years. Probably just a lot of new customers and existing customers who got new computers, game consoles or something and they're temporarily saturating the network. They've also had issues with people reselling access to their accounts and, in at least one case, using like 7.5PB of data in a single month. They're starting to crack down on that, but it could also very well explain why you've been having poor access speeds.
If you take everything together, Windscribe probably ranks as one of the best VPN providers out there.
1) Login to your Windscribe account
2) Navigate to this page: https://windscribe.com/upgrade?cp...d=features
3) Click the green button for 'Have a promo code?' and then enter your code. It will add the years to your existing account.
Comprehensive VPN Comparison Chart:
https://www.techlore.te
Techlore's comparison guide on VPNs really highlights the strengths of Windscribe (and the weakness of other providers).
https://www.techlore.te
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I just want to be able to watch Netflix as if I am in another country. Is there a cheaper way to do this?
I just want to be able to watch Netflix as if I am in another country. Is there a cheaper way to do this?
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Any suggestion for international Netflix streaming?
Maybe Windscribe has issues too, but it honestly feels weird to basically make an argument that boils down to, "Don't trust the organization that's located in Canada and open sources their Android and other apps, because they're Canadian and subject to Canadian / Canadian ally spying. Instead, trust this Panamanian organization who doesn't release the source for most of their apps and has a history of failing to report breaches that put customer data at risk and potentially allow spying by literally anyone who happens to get a copy of the breached key."
Even if it was a limited number of servers, not telling customers is the absolute wrong way to handle a security incident.
Also, I find NordVPN's lack of source availability to be disappointing. Other providers are more transparent with respect to their apps. E.g., Windscribe releases code for a lot more of their apps compared to NordVPN. AFAIK, NordVPN has only released the source for their Linux app, whereas Windscribe's Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS apps are all open source. Some other providers have also been a bit more on the ball about supporting additional platforms compared to NordVPN. IIRC, Windscribe added Windows on ARM support about a year ahead of NordVPN.
Anyway, I just don't get the hype. It seems to me like anyone truly paranoid / worried wouldn't pick either NordVPN or Windscribe, so I don't see the point in arguing between the two.
Our sockpuppeting friend is just shilling for Nord. Whether it's paid or volunteer shilling is a call I leave up to the SD mods. For all I know Nord is a perfectly good VPN, but since I've got a lifetime sub for Windscribe there's little point in me spending more money to find out. Windscribe isn't perfect, no perfect service exists, but it probably ranks in the top 5 when you compare the services as a whole.
Edit: LOL! Our sockpuppeting Nord shill has taken to downvoting all my posts using both of their accounts. Way to prove you're not sockpuppeting buddy!
Any suggestion for international Netflix streaming?
That all said, Windescribe claims to have some kind of Netflix specific spoofing type setup in all of its US servers. I'm in the US, so can't say how well it works, but you can always try the free tier before pulling the trigger on this deal and seeing how it works. You get 10GB/mo that way, which should be plenty to test a couple shows.
That all said, Windescribe claims to have some kind of Netflix specific spoofing type setup in all of its US servers. I'm in the US, so can't say how well it works, but you can always try the free tier before pulling the trigger on this deal and seeing how it works. You get 10GB/mo that way, which should be plenty to test a couple shows.
I'll try to free but usually free ones don't include international VPN servers in those countries.
I thought about asking my friend to install VPN so I can use their data but he told me he has quote and his up stream is too slow so it wouldn't work.
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I'll try to free but usually free ones don't include international VPN servers in those countries.
I thought about asking my friend to install VPN so I can use their data but he told me he has quote and his up stream is too slow so it wouldn't work.
Any suggestion for international Netflix streaming?
Perhaps a "free" account.
but I have a pro account and can't do it.
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