VPN advice for newbie

Dec 19th, 2019 8:01 pm

#1

dafunky1 [OP]: Jr. Member; Nov 24, 2002; 181 posts; 5 upvotes; Calgary

Dec 19th, 2019 8:01 pm

Hello Folks,

I would like to try out over the holidays and possibly commit to a VPN service. Never use one before and I would like to protect my Kodi usage, watch US netflix, watch shows on US based channels (fox, abc, nbc, cbs etc) amongst other uses you might suggest. Which service is best value (price vs servers, speed etc). Generally, I tend to buy quality for a bit more if it makes sense.

Any advise you have is appreciated.

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Dec 19th, 2019 8:48 pm

#2

JonSnow: Deal Addict; Dec 29, 2008; 3545 posts; 881 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 8:48 pm

Try windscribe free, then buy premium from hot deals?

They are Canadian, which is a good and bad thing depending on how you look at it.

Dec 19th, 2019 10:12 pm

#3

sheyenne: Deal Addict; Aug 14, 2019; 1386 posts; 618 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 10:12 pm

You're going to be busy for a while trying out the different VPN providers. Have a look here , here and here.

Windscribe is very slow with Netflix. Max currently is around 5 Mbps.

Dec 20th, 2019 10:03 am

#4

snoroqc: Member; Jan 10, 2008; 219 posts; 229 upvotes; quebec

Dec 20th, 2019 10:03 am

Im with Surfshark for 2 years. Speed is good.

Dec 21st, 2019 12:16 am

#5

birdieman1288: Newbie; Jan 13, 2017; 88 posts; 12 upvotes

Dec 21st, 2019 12:16 am

Go to Rakuten (ebates.ca) and search for VPN. They have some good deals there (discounts plus cash rebates).

Dec 21st, 2019 9:08 am

#6

ghighi: Sr. Member; Mar 4, 2010; 645 posts; 16 upvotes; Mississauga

Dec 21st, 2019 9:08 am

Using surfshark . They are pretty good

Dec 21st, 2019 11:07 am

#7

EasyMobileME: Newbie; Oct 29, 2008; 22 posts; 13 upvotes

Dec 21st, 2019 11:07 am

I've been using ironsocket for 5 years with no issues.

Dec 21st, 2019 2:24 pm

#8

vkizzle: Deal Expert; Aug 22, 2011; 35227 posts; 21211 upvotes; Center of Universe

Dec 21st, 2019 2:24 pm

Windsrcibe

Dec 22nd, 2019 5:29 pm

#9

ratudio: Member; May 29, 2004; 442 posts; 97 upvotes

Dec 22nd, 2019 5:29 pm

dafunky1 wrote: ↑ Hello Folks,

I would like to try out over the holidays and possibly commit to a VPN service. Never use one before and I would like to protect my Kodi usage, watch US netflix, watch shows on US based channels (fox, abc, nbc, cbs etc) amongst other uses you might suggest. Which service is best value (price vs servers, speed etc). Generally, I tend to buy quality for a bit more if it makes sense.

Any advise you have is appreciated.

Features that you need to consider:
- number of server per region they offer.
- number of device allow. It is usually up to 5 for most of the provider. For example, if you have 5 computers, then each computer can have their own vpn connection connecting to different server and region.
- to watch US netflix, it is likely you need to dedicate ip address since share ip address attend to quickly block by netflix.
- support of OpenVPN (most of them support them)

Dec 22nd, 2019 5:47 pm

#10

kcorscadden: Deal Addict; Aug 15, 2006; 3601 posts; 701 upvotes; Kingston

Dec 22nd, 2019 5:47 pm

For what you want to use it for, it doesn't really matter who you go with as you aren't doing anything that requires security or privacy. Just watching US Netflix and US based shows won't get you in any trouble. Now if you were using it for torrenting or something questionable, then who you go with matters.

Dec 26th, 2019 7:53 pm

#11

kramer1: Sr. Member; Apr 29, 2018; 943 posts; 559 upvotes; Vancouver

Dec 26th, 2019 7:53 pm

For US shows & streaming content, I would really recommend GetFlix.com (or any other SmartDNS partner companies)

These guys were the one of the first ones to launch a DNS proxy and from what I have tested are the fastest ones. Their DNS server are also really fast and allow you to switch the Netflix & several other regions from the Website. They had a lifetime deal with Free VPN thrown in a few months ago too.

Registered in the Seychelles, so I am pretty sure the logs will be safe

Dec 26th, 2019 9:27 pm

#12

badOne: Deal Fanatic; Mar 31, 2017; 6729 posts; 2947 upvotes

Dec 26th, 2019 9:27 pm

if you're going to try windscribe, ask them for a trial on the premium servers, because the servers they use for free windscribe isn't the some ones as the premium. Only way to tell if Netflix is going to be fast enough through windscribe