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Readers Respond: The Best VPN's for Personal Use

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Virtual private networking is becoming a must-have ingredient for daily web use. For reasons of personal privacy when you use a public Wi-Fi network, the ability to access international data in a specific country, or to participate in controversial file sharing: having a VPN connection can make all the difference. Share your thoughts

PureVPN now supports OpenVPN

For your information PureVPN now supports OpenVPN, they offer FREE android, iPhone/iPad, Windows and MAC app. Also the price you have listed is wrong. They have revised there packages and now it is only $9.95/month with unlimited bandwidth usage. The best package deal is $49.95/year that makes it cheapest of all costing only $4.16/month.
—martin.white

hide my ass is the best vpn

We tested the top ten VPN programs for six months and found Hide My Ass to the best VPN program for bittorrent clients. read our full reviews at www.besthideipsoftware.com http://hidemyass.com/vpn/r9771/
—Guest Belinda

Freedom with my VPN

I use my boxpn vpn whenever I go to European travels. It's a great product that keeps me secure on hotel wifi and I can even stream from my US Netflix service.
—Guest VPN Lover

Irresponsible service, no redress

At first strong worked well but the it failed to connect. I was told it was probably blocked by my network so my only option was to upgrade. Unwillingly I did so. However I had to install another programme for this. A week later I got a message saying I had to pay to subscribe to this as well. I was not told that before. In my view strong VPN failed to provide a service and should have refunded fee. However their only response is that refunds are only available within seven days. I consider this dishonest.
—Guest Susan Featherstone

US Netflix and Hulu Streaming

I will be living in Germany for 6 months and thanks to boxpn vpn. I'm able to watch my favourite shows as I'm in US. Great service.
—Annelies

VexVPN

I've been using VexVPN for a few months now, Its offshore so I can do whatever I want on it :D Check it out and use the promo code 'vex2013' for 50% OFF! http://VexVPN.com
—Guest Dylan

thumbs up for boxpn

boxpn is far most reliable vpn I used. I'm upgrading for yearly account. They provide 38% discount at the moment. great deal, great service. thank you.
—andrew_lukas

iVPN

iVPN is what I use and has great features pricing, and support. ( tinyurl.com/ivpn2013 )
—irvingtelder

IVPN

I recommend IVPN.net. They take user privacy very seriously. They're also members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is why i signed up to them. Been using them for a year, speeds are fast (i've not used any other vpns apart from hidmyass, but i can barely tell the difference when connected to their servers - video streaming/gaming is fine) and price is reasonable. I had a problem setting things up, but the support was great and got things sorted. Also cover iPad/iPhone, but i havent been bothered to set this up yet. I also echo the anti-hidemyass comments. TorrentFreak did a good post on privacy-focused vpns that dont log - http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/
—banjobunny

Try VPN chains (DoubleVPN, QuadroVPN)

Try zorrovpn.com, it provides VPN chains with no logs and also VPN+Tor. I like it.
—Guest Ivan Vitov

Strong Vpn gets my vote.

I agree with the above comments to stay clear of HMA. Been there and won't go back. I've tried a few others on this list but all of them had a similar problem where as I had to switch servers constantly to stay connected. Strong puts you on one server, and 1 ip, they don't overload or "share". I'm in the Philippines and able to stream Netflix. I tried 6 others and stopped when I got to Strong VPN. Enough said.
—ChristianRW

http://www.lamnia.co.uk/

I use http://www.lamnia.co.uk/ from the UAE however the service seems to be choked and the support team are not able to offer any solution. I watch TV from the UK and USA however with http://www.lamnia.co.uk/ its so choppy it takes hours to watch a 1 hour show. can anyone help or recomend an alternative?
—parkerfamily

Many more exist!

Great list, but hidemyass keep the most logs... you can also check out VPNaccounts.com
—Guest Jaime

HMA - be aware!

HMA is to be avoided. I could trace back the ISP they gave me, back to my real ISP with a couple of clicks - It's 'Don't hide My Ass' Completely useless' they will also pass on DCMA notices to your email address. Not to be trusted
—Guest lazzza98

Thumbs down for Hidemyass

Hidemyass keeps timestamped logs of all users IP addresses for 2 years. In future it may become easier for authorities to get hold of your details from VPN's (currently they require a court order) which means your anonymity is in jeopardy for up to 2 years from the last date you used HMA. My recommendation is to use a company that keeps absolutely no logs if you value your privacy. It is also not easy getting your money back from HMA as I found out while trying to use their 30 day money back guarantee period. I took a years subscription with them, 2 days later asked to cancel and they refused to return any of my money as I had apparently downloaded 20gb and uploaded 40gb on the max 1mb/s connection i had with them for 2 evenings.
—Guest John

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