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I need an opinion about Private internet access VPN

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I am considering getting PIA "Private Internet Access" VPN. But I need an opinion about it. What do you all think about them? Are they trustworthy, reliable, etc? Thanks for the help here!!!!

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I use NordVPN daily on my computer(s) and mobile phone. It costs like 56€ a year and licence gives protection for 5 platforms (MAC adresses). It allows me to surf Internet hidden, supports many online services like netflix or "netflix like" services and P2P. It also allows me to use my french web services (like TV) abroad (with French VPN when I'm not in France anymore. I had no issue in a year and they add more servers in many countries every months.

 

so I recommend it

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I use PIA and will buy it again when my year is up.

 

While i agree, that being based in the US is a contra point, they assure us that they don't keep logs - something you have to rely on trust with all of them.

So if you buy with bitcoin, you should be pretty safe.

 

The only problem i had for a while, was that i had to enter alot of captchas at cloudware protected sites when connecting from big eu countries - but I had those problems with other VPNs before too and the problems are gone now.

 

Here is a site with the main infos about popular VPNs:

https://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-vpn-service-provider-review-2015-150228/

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I use PIA and will buy it again when my year is up.

 

While i agree, that being based in the US is a contra point, they assure us that they don't keep logs - something you have to rely on trust with all of them.

So if you buy with bitcoin, you should be pretty safe.

 

The only problem i had for a while, was that i had to enter alot of captchas at cloudware protected sites when connecting from big eu countries - but I had those problems with other VPNs before too and the problems are gone now.

 

Here is a site with the main infos about popular VPNs:

https://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-vpn-service-provider-review-2015-150228/

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Hi there, I've been using Private internet access for the past 3 months and i haven't faced any issues. As compared to other VPN services, PIA has better speeds and protocols to connect with.

I purchased yearly package after reading the review of private internet access at VPNgrades
 

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Have been using PIA for about 18 months or so without many problems at all.... most problems can normally be fixed with a restart of the program, only once have I had to re-install the TAP driver.

I normally get around 95% or so of my max connection that I'd get without using VPN, that includes using a server from my country or many other european countries too.

The only problem I have is when using the app on my tablet, sometimes that's a bit flakey and has to be restarted more often.

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