I tried this but it didn't help with
PID_ERR large diff [227] [SSL-0]
or
Authenticate/Decrypt packet error: bad packet ID (may be a replay)
Everything still goes slow and fast intermittently.
Did you suggest it to help with the recursive problem?
If so I think I've already fixed that by not having the LAN IP be 10.0.0.x. Not sure i understood everything I read up about recursive routing but it seemed to be related to subnets and where things go on either the vpn or home network.
PIA gives a virtual address starting in 10.x.x.x so i took a guess and assumed having my LAN doing the same was a bad thing and the recursive error has gone now my LAN is on 192.168.1.x. Unfortunately the slow down wasn't affected by it. Still it's something. One less error to worry about.
After trying to look up the PID_ERR it generally takes me back to or is linked with the Authenticate/Decrypt packet error. I've tried all the suggestions goggle has to offer to fix this but nothing seems to have worked.
The only thing I'm left to conclude is that its either a PIA or ISP issue.
Thanks for the help though.