Froot VPN thoughts

[chicksoup]

On the WAN show I found out about the Froot VPN service which is currently 100% free and doesn't require you to enter ANY personal information. I at first also felt like it being a bit of a sketchy service since they are a completely new service with very little known information about them , but I still decided to try it out.
 
There is no way for me to know if their claim of not keeping ANY data and not handing any over to 3rd parties is true, but I do feel like I can take their word for it. I wouldn't be surprised if these claims turn out to be false, but to be on the safe side I didn't enter any very important passwords. I also like the idea of the end to end encryption which lets me bypass our router's firewall (might also not be good  since malicious websites would too). 
 
Now to the service. The first thing I noticed was that there isn't a program to install, but rather a small add on that you have to create yourself which feels a bit ghetto in the network settings, but the more I use the service instead of having an app I only see the benefits. I use win 8.1 and when I click on my network connections at the bottom right of my screen a sidebar opens and I'm able to quickly enable and disable the service.

 

     

 

 I also don't see the point in having an app that slows down the boot and runs in the background since the service really is that basic there is nothing you can customize. ON/OFF is your choice, only one server in Sweden, but you always get a different IP- Address for each time you connect.

 
 
I personally like the way they implemented the service compared to installing an app that causes various other issues with your PC and adding more steps to troubleshooting. I guess what I don't like about it is that you can only pick one server. And I guess it would've been nice to see some recommendations by trusted companies to reassure the consumer.
 
 
 

Finally before I forget...SPEED here is my speedtest result with the VPN on and with the VPN off. One bug I found that sometimes some websites like Speedtest won't load possibly to the VPN service not sharing the IP. 

 

 

With VPN: 

Without VPN: 

[CtW]

I tried it and got 3 down/1 up compared to what I usually get which is 85-90 down and 15-20 up.  For that reason alone I'm not a fan.

[BarisERY]

This isnt news it belongs to member reviews.

Thank you for sharing your reviews i will try it out now

[Xeross]

I also dropped from 50/60 down, 10 up. To 3 down,.7 up.. I know they were hammered through the recent ad on TPB, so I'll wait it out and give it another shot in a month or two to see the difference upon infrastructure upgrades. Hopefully alls good with this company!

[JcGross]

This isnt news it belongs to member reviews.

Thank you for sharing your reviews i will try it out now

To be fair the main thread is called "Tech News and Reviews".

[chicksoup]

I also dropped from 50/60 down, 10 up. To 3 down,.7 up.. I know they were hammered through the recent ad on TPB, so I'll wait it out and give it another shot in a month or two to see the difference upon infrastructure upgrades. Hopefully alls good with this company!

 

 

I tried it and got 3 down/1 up compared to what I usually get which is 85-90 down and 15-20 up.  For that reason alone I'm not a fan.

 

that's weird, I guess it isn't that bad of a difference for me since I don't have that good of a connection to start with

 

 

remember that I'm in Austria and am closer to the server than you might be