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I have been using a VPN for 5 years now both on my phone and on my home computer. It does cut down on most advertising and bothersome emails, not all, but many. It also plays havoc with both my computer and phone from time to time by blocking certain websites like this one. There are times I have to turn it off to access a website. Not all the time, just sometimes.
I also discovered that it cuts my internet speed pretty much in half! Normally we have a download speed of 497 and with the vpn turned on it's 247.
What it does allow me to do is when I switch servers into a different Country, I can sometimes access sites and channels not accessible here since my electronic location changes. So there are pluses and minuses as you can see and I am now wondering if I should indeed renew my subscription for another year. Currently I use EVPN but have heard good things about NORD. NORD is half the price, has more servers and gives you a trial period for you to cancel with no penalty if you don't like it. One thing for sure is that EVPN's customer service went from great, to descent to horrible! Now to have a live chat you must wait at least a half hour! No phone numbers are available to actually talk to someone.
So I am thinking I'll switch to NORD. Does anyone here use them? How does it work? Is there Customer Service good? Can you actually talk to a live person? I do realize that no matter how much we strive to protect our internet calls, emails and texts if someone is really intent on hacking in they usually can. Any input will be appreciated. Thanks!
Chief38
I also discovered that it cuts my internet speed pretty much in half! Normally we have a download speed of 497 and with the vpn turned on it's 247.
What it does allow me to do is when I switch servers into a different Country, I can sometimes access sites and channels not accessible here since my electronic location changes. So there are pluses and minuses as you can see and I am now wondering if I should indeed renew my subscription for another year. Currently I use EVPN but have heard good things about NORD. NORD is half the price, has more servers and gives you a trial period for you to cancel with no penalty if you don't like it. One thing for sure is that EVPN's customer service went from great, to descent to horrible! Now to have a live chat you must wait at least a half hour! No phone numbers are available to actually talk to someone.
So I am thinking I'll switch to NORD. Does anyone here use them? How does it work? Is there Customer Service good? Can you actually talk to a live person? I do realize that no matter how much we strive to protect our internet calls, emails and texts if someone is really intent on hacking in they usually can. Any input will be appreciated. Thanks!
Chief38
My wife and I seem to survive on 30-50 Mbits/s quite well.
), but doesn't happen all that often. When it does, I can switch to Safari. Safari has a free feature called "Private Relay" which encrypts your browsing and sends it through two different internet relays, which I guess is a VPN of sorts. However, Private Relay will not work when Frontier VPN is on, so I have to remember to switch it off when I'm using Safari. So if your ISP does not offer a VPN, and you want to save some money, you might try Safari's Private Relay. 
