Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#1

Post by chabeligian » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 4:52 PM UTC

I'm interested in setting up my connection here in the west coast of the US through a VPN. There seem to be a plethora of options--does anyone have any recommendations?

Price isn't really a concern for me. I'm concerned more with speed and reliability, as well as the usual privacy features (no logs kept, etc).

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#2

Post by neue » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 5:19 PM UTC

I use Private Internet Access, it works incredibly well.

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

Their site really needs a redesign, though.

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#3

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 5:19 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#4

Post by paliopolis » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 5:46 PM UTC

neue wrote: post #2

I use Private Internet Access, it works incredibly well. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ Their site really needs a redesign, though.

I second PIA. Works well for me.

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#5

Post by demonshreder » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 6:35 PM UTC

Froot VPN https://www.frootvpn.com/

Once on Promo Bay.

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#6

Post by Plaastix » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 6:39 PM UTC

neue wrote: post #2

I use Private Internet Access, it works incredibly well. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ Their site really needs a redesign, though.

I use PIA and it works great. Their website design is not representative of their service at all.

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#7

Post by jpetersonmn » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 6:51 PM UTC

I've been using boxpn for a couple years now. Speeds are good, service reliable, etc...

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#8

Post by intopieces » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 7:58 PM UTC

VyprVPN from Golden Frog is an excellent choice, and their support is 24/7/365 if you have connection issues.

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#9

Post by hackerboos » Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 8:32 PM UTC

intopieces wrote: post #8

VyprVPN from Golden Frog is an excellent choice, and their support is 24/7/365 if you have connection issues.

I'm on their trial now. Quick and their app makes it painless to get up and running.

Re: Ask HN: Recommendations for a VPN provider?

#10

Post by atmosx » Tue, Dec 30, 2014, 8:45 AM UTC

I'm using torguard and must say I'm pretty happy with them. You can use your login/password for up to 5 computers, which is handy, the setup is fairly easy. I needed some advanced setup options but since they support OpenVPN everything worked great! Their support center is responsive + the guy a Greek Server which serves me well when I'm abroad.

On the security side they state that no logs are kept, security is paramount and so on. I've found this VPN provider through a torrentfreak post which was listing the top10 most secure VPN providers for 'torrent' downloading. I don't use it for downloading illegal material, but I guess most people do, hence I believe they (TorGuard) wouldn't really wanna know what their users are doing online. :-)

cheers!