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PIA VPN WINDOWS 8 PC
PIA VPN WINDOWS 8 PLUS
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Our services have been designed from the ground up to be able to operate using built-in technology pre-existing in your computer or smartphone device. See below for more information regarding layers. When it comes to streaming, NordVPN is hands down the better choice, which also carries over to my recommendation between the two VPN services: go with NordVPN.Private Internet Access provides state of the art, multi-layered security with advanced privacy protection using VPN tunneling.

It’s worth noting that if upload speed is more important to you, PIA VPN is the better choice because NordVPN has slow upload speeds, particularly to US servers.

PIA VPN WINDOWS 8 PLUS

NordVPN has a faster connection to Australian servers with better percentage changes for download (4% vs 6%) and upload (3% vs 6%), plus faster overall download speeds to international servers. With so many wins and draws between the two, it makes Private Internet Access seem like a no-brainer victor, but things start to fall apart for PIA VPN when it comes to other comparisons. Both VPN services also have high levels of encryption, 24/7 tech support and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Both VPN services have zero-log policies, Smart DNS options, split tunnelling and browser extensions as well as anti-malware inclusions. PIA VPN scores another easy win in terms of some basic numbers, with more servers (28,000+ vs 5,400) in more countries (78 vs 59) and with more simultaneous device connections (10 vs six). PIA VPN has the wood on NordVPN in terms of pricing, with cheaper monthly, annual and biennial costs.

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Unlike other VPNs, PIA VPN plays nice with all of my day-to-day online software, including peer-to-peer tools like Slack and, yes, it performed admirably in my torrent tests.įor comparison, here’s how Private Internet Access compares to our current VPN gold medallist NordVPN.

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It’s a little cleaner on Android but, whichever you’re using, connecting or disconnecting is as simple as tapping the big green connection button, while switching servers is as easy as bringing up the server list and connecting to a new server with another tap. PIA VPN’s user interface is incredibly straightforward across Windows and Android (for my tests).

While that server count is impressive, it’s strange that the Sydney servers are consistently slow and, additionally, that Australia only warrants connection options for Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. That country and location count is decent, but the server count blows every other VPN we’ve reviewed out of the water, with the closest contender being the 7,000+ from CyberGhost VPN. Second, Private Internet Access claims to have 28,000+ VPN and proxy servers in 104 locations across 78 countries (77 countries by my count from the ones available). First, this has never happened before with my VPN tests. I’m labouring the point on the Sydney server for two reasons. Also add a couple of extra seconds for connections to the US or UK. It’s a shame because PIA VPN is a speedy connector (about four seconds) and disconnector (two seconds), with a few seconds of breathing space to allow for your internet to catch up. For context, the Sydney latency initially claimed to be at 137ms but was actually at 232ms when I tested my connection on later days, the latency was listed more accurately in the 230+ range but never dropped to acceptable green levels. It’s a great touch that PIA VPN offers latency values, colour coding them either green for good (anything below 150ms) or orange for less great. In fairness, connecting to the Sydney server wouldn’t have been ideal as, on that first day and throughout my testing period, the Sydney server had consistently high latency. Eventually, Private Internet Access corrected to prioritising an Australian server, but that server was in Melbourne. Strangely, when I first loaded PIA VPN, the auto-detected nearest server was in New Zealand rather than Sydney (where I’m based).

PIA VPN WINDOWS 8 PC

There’s a quick-tour option for PC users after installing the PIA VPN software, but this is an incredibly easy VPN to use so it’s not essential. From the get-go, Private Internet Access does things a little differently by assigning a username and password, which emphasises anonymity from the get-go.

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