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When I have a bridged connection I get 10Mbs download speed and when I turn on a VPN it goes down to like 300Kbs, is this normal? Is there a way to get super fast speeds with VPN turned on?
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All depends on your internet plan. The more upload speed the better your vpn works
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Rugs wrote All depends on your internet plan. The more upload speed the better your vpn works


This isn't even remotely true.

The limiting factor on VPN upload/download speeds is usually the port speed and congestion of the VPN host.

If you have a 100mb line to your house, but the server you're tunneling through only has a 10mb line, you'll get a max 10mb if you're lucky.

Congestion also plays a role in speeds. If you have 100 people tunneling through a single 100mb server, and they're all using 1mb, you're not going to get very quick speeds.

Of course, even on a perfect server with no congestion, you're going to lose a little bit of speed just because of how VPN tunneling works (you're basically sending all of your traffic through another computer).

But if you have a 10mb line and you're maxing out at 300kb while tunneling, your vpn provider is likely congested. Might want to look into a different provider.
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Rugs wrote All depends on your internet plan. The more upload speed the better your vpn works


This isn't even remotely true.

The limiting factor on VPN upload/download speeds is usually the port speed and congestion of the VPN host.

If you have a 100mb line to your house, but the server you're tunneling through only has a 10mb line, you'll get a max 10mb if you're lucky.

Congestion also plays a role in speeds. If you have 100 people tunneling through a single 100mb server, and they're all using 1mb, you're not going to get very quick speeds.

Of course, even on a perfect server with no congestion, you're going to lose a little bit of speed just because of how VPN tunneling works (you're basically sending all of your traffic through another computer).

But if you have a 10mb line and you're maxing out at 300kb while tunneling, your vpn provider is likely congested. Might want to look into a different provider.

Hence why I said your internet plan (provider).
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Depends on what your VPN provides.
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Rugs wrote
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Rugs wrote All depends on your internet plan. The more upload speed the better your vpn works


This isn't even remotely true.

The limiting factor on VPN upload/download speeds is usually the port speed and congestion of the VPN host.

If you have a 100mb line to your house, but the server you're tunneling through only has a 10mb line, you'll get a max 10mb if you're lucky.

Congestion also plays a role in speeds. If you have 100 people tunneling through a single 100mb server, and they're all using 1mb, you're not going to get very quick speeds.

Of course, even on a perfect server with no congestion, you're going to lose a little bit of speed just because of how VPN tunneling works (you're basically sending all of your traffic through another computer).

But if you have a 10mb line and you're maxing out at 300kb while tunneling, your vpn provider is likely congested. Might want to look into a different provider.

Hence why I said your internet plan (provider).


Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is different than your VPN host. You can have a 1Gb/s package from your ISP and a 20Mb/s VPN plan and you wont ever go above the 20Mb/s through that VPN.
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