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      bjd223
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      I have used PIA for years w/o issue. AFAIK they have been tested in court and were unable to provide any details to the authorities about usage.

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      • KOMK
        KOM
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        @JeGr My basic tests on my 150/15 connection showed:

        Raw 133/12
        OpenVPN 125/12
        Wireguard 131/12

        I have a Mikrotik hEX at home with some traffic-shaping enabled.

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          ajmaltms @KOM
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          @KOM mikrotik integrated with pfsense?

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            KOM
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            What? No, there is no such thing.

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            • JeGrJ
              JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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              Thanks @KOM that's interesting. We got it no higher than around ~220-320Mbps (depending on sending or receiving) while OVPN would hit ~450-500 depending on config and IPSec going up in spikes to as high as 575Mbps on hardware that is equivalent to the SG-5100 (eg. Atom 3558 SOC). Could be the implementation of course.

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                jagradang
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                I have been using nordvpn for the best part of a year and found it to be great.

                I did look at a lot of others but as someone said do your research, look at recommendations and check what meets your needs.

                I have also used nordvpn support a couple of times as well and they were very good, contrary to what I read in most of the reviews.

                Purevpn was the other one I was close togetting but nord had the edge for me. Works great with my pfsense and really good speeds.

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                  dany001 Banned
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                    BAOZHAI
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                    Thanks Guys, thanks everyone for replying to my thread. However the thread is year old and there is no Black Friday to avail the deal☺ Anyways in the mean time I was doing my own research on Best VPN Services and after reviewing an article which gave me some very important insights such as logging policies and 5 eyes countries, where I was in a position to make an informed decision. I purchased ExpressVPN recently and it fit my purpose very well. Let me know what are your basis on choosing a VPN service.

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                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                      Thing I can say about this thread - it has been the biggest SPAM magnet thread I have ever seen here, in the like 12 years been here ;)

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                        bjd223 @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz I agree I'd just lock it as OP has said they found one.

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                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Locked 👍

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