Looking for a good VPN

[Pixelfie]

My school blocks a lot of sites and monitors pretty much everything. Usually I use the free ProtonVPN, but now they somehow managed to block that. I tried Hotspotshield which does work, but it's data limit is too low. What would you recommend? Price isn't a big problem as long as I don't have to pay like 20 a month

[Lightwreather]

PIA could be a viable option

There's also the option to host your own VPN server, it isn't all that hard, and considering you're a student you might get a free subscription with some 100 USD credit from Microsoft Azure (no CC required if you're a student), Digital Ocean (CC required), etc.

[Stahlmann]

PIA has been great for me.

[fUnDaMeNtAl_knobhead]

Well if the privacy concerns of PIAs location and their parent companies practices don't trouble you and you don't/can't

host your own vpn server it is good enough tho I would suggest using windscribe first.

[Pixelfie]

1 hour ago, linux fanboy said:

Well if the privacy concerns of PIAs location and their parent companies practices don't trouble you and you don't/can't

host your own vpn server it is good enough tho I would suggest using windscribe first.

 

2 hours ago, Stahlmann said:

PIA has been great for me.

 

2 hours ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

PIA could be a viable option

There's also the option to host your own VPN server, it isn't all that hard, and considering you're a student you might get a free subscription with some 100 USD credit from Microsoft Azure (no CC required if you're a student), Digital Ocean (CC required), etc.

After some googling I found out my school also blocks PIA (they use Eduroam). I did manage to connect to Windscribe, but once I connected to that I can't access any sites. I don't have any credit from my school so can't host my own VPN (at least not for cheap).

 

Edit: managed to get Windscribe working. 10gb is still limiting as I stream a lot of video, but definitely better than the 500mb

Edited October 6, 2021 by Pixelfie

[Lightwreather]

1 minute ago, Pixelfie said:

 I don't have any credit from my school so can't host my own VPN (at least not for cheap)

I mean,a ll you have to do is prove you're a student at a school (for azure) and you'll be set with ~100USD of credit

[fUnDaMeNtAl_knobhead]

Surfshark is a good option

[Pixelfie]

1 minute ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

I mean,a ll you have to do is prove you're a student at a school (for azure) and you'll be set with ~100USD of credit

On some places it says I need to be 16 and others it says 18. I'm 15 so if they need some kind of proof I can't use it

[Lightwreather]

1 minute ago, Pixelfie said:

On some places it says I need to be 16 and others it says 18. I'm 15 so if they need some kind of proof I can't use it

Well, it depends on the place. iirc for the US it was 13, but lemme double check

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/

[Pixelfie]

1 minute ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

Well, it depends on the place. iirc for the US it was 13, but lemme double check

I don't live in US so I need to be 16. Does it check this or can I just use it earlier?

[Lightwreather]

1 minute ago, Pixelfie said:

I don't live in US so I need to be 16. Does it check this or can I just use it earlier?

Well, For me, they ask for a proof of age, then again, I applied during lockdowns and I used a screenshot if teams as academic proof.

[Lightwreather]

There's also Digital ocean, but they require a Credit card

[Pixelfie]

9 minutes ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

There's also Digital ocean, but they require a Credit card

Yeah I don't have that. I think I'll keep using Windscribe until they somehow block that, or maybe I'll just get a bigger data plan on my phone and use that for hotspot.