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Toby

 posted on 30th Aug 12 at 11:17

cheers Dom, may roll with it for a month and see its only a few $'s. Not sure how long i need it for as looking to be on the move within the next couple of months anyway.


Dom

 posted on 30th Aug 12 at 08:57

SSL just means it's encrypted. The VPN could still come with a connection (ie: limits your to 1Mbit etc) or bandwidth limits. So you'd need to read exactly what the VPN is offering and any restriction (having a quick look i can't see anything on the HideMyAss site).

Using a VPN might help you though.


Toby

 posted on 30th Aug 12 at 08:47

Astraweb offers two and Plusnet can see them both 443 and 563.

I went unlimited with Plusnet and they said they would throttle, well thats one word for it, dropping at 6pm almost on the dot my speeds drop from around 850~kb/s to arouns 12~kb/s and i cant cope.

Arent VPN's SSL? That to me, means they would provide as much bandwith as i can take (within reason and i dont think 8meg is going to cause to many issues) Also, ive seen HideMyAss does unlimited bandwith for $11 which i could live with.


Dom

 posted on 30th Aug 12 at 08:30

I'd be trying the other SSL ports your Usenet provider offers before using a VPN, as you're likely to get slower speeds using Usenet over a VPN connection. That and most VPN services come with limited bandwidth.


Toby

 posted on 30th Aug 12 at 06:00

Sorry to gate crash, but would using a VPN like the one you have chosen, would it avoid traffic shaping for Usenet as even using SSL ports they can see it.


Sam

 posted on 29th Aug 12 at 19:55

Decided to sign up with SecurityKISS in the end. Seems pretty good for my requirements, and reasonably priced too.


James

 posted on 29th Aug 12 at 10:49

I use HideMyAss. Seemed to come out on top when I looked into it a while back.

Someone on here recommended UnblockUS but it's not a VPN and only works for a handle of sites.


Sam

 posted on 29th Aug 12 at 10:18

I've used HideIPVPN in the past but they only have 4 or 5 IPs. Will check out those two you mentioned, Dom, cheers.


Dom

 posted on 29th Aug 12 at 10:16

HideMyAss and VPNUK are worth looking at, never personally used either though. A cheap UK LEB running OpenVPN would be another option although you obviously wouldn't have the server/IP selection.


Sam

 posted on 29th Aug 12 at 10:03

Can anyone recommend any good UK VPNs, preferably with a large selection of servers/IPs to connect to?