Hummin Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 I got an offer now from NordVPN 2 years + 3 months free for 2,69 a month which checks out 69 usd for 27 months. Any other Black week/friday offers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppius Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 I have used Ivacy for years, some good deals, but more important, it works Have a look 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, Seppius said: I have used Ivacy for years, some good deals, but more important, it works Have a look That was a great deal. Do you know if they manage viaplay to, and Discovery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Lowf Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) I am with NordVPN - last year I paid $59.00 and this year was quoted $106.44 to renew. I sent a terse complaint and they replied "Our costs grew with these upgrades, and that led to the price change." I cancelled the auto-renewal and was going to move away but two weeks later got another email offering me two years for $83.23 (includes 20% UK tax) which I accepted - a week later I got another email to say that they'd given me an extra month. However, I only ever use it in Thailand to link with UK-based TV channels that are geographically limited and on this visit I have noticed that the BBC seem to know that I am using a VPN although it only causes minor issues. Eurosport (now part of Discovery for live/rerun Superbikes) and Channel 4 (F1 highlights), my main targets, are fine. Edited November 24, 2022 by London Lowf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post howlee101 Posted November 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2022 Check SurfShark prices. I renew about a year ago...$48 USD for two years. I believe you can sign up and cancel within one month at no cost if you don't like it. Just my opinion but it has been working for me for the past 3 years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Bought Ivacy 60 usd 5 years! Testing now and working well with Discovery Norway, but Viaplay detect the vpn same as they detect Nord and Express. So far so good. Thanks for the tip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Obviously price matters, but more so than price is the reliability of the VPN to respond to the cat-&-mousing used by some of the geocached providers. BBC iPlayer seems recognises as lot of VPN’s as does Amazon Prime... we then have to switch server - it which seems successful (so far). Netflix used to recognise a VPN (if trying to access geocached content to watch something not available in my region) - sometimes a VPN works, sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve found Express VPN to be decent enough for most of my needs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oMega69 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Best company Vs price and privacy : www.privatevpn.com : Swedish Company : For sure no Logging ... also pay with BTC , You can merge payment with Monero no trace what so ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 If you have a Rakuten account, you can usually get a 40% rebate on the cost of Nord VPN. BTW, I've found that Nord VPN hasn't worked for the applications I need it most for: Bank of America and Netflix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dddave Posted November 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2022 1 hour ago, howlee101 said: Check SurfShark prices. I renew about a year ago...$48 USD for two years. I believe you can sign up and cancel within one month at no cost if you don't like it. Just my opinion but it has been working for me for the past 3 years. I just renewed with Surfshark for 2 more years. Very satisficed with their service. very fast to connect, wide selection of servers and good customer service. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) So far so good with Ivacy for all my purposes. A really good offer if it continue like this. Better speed than my Express VPN, and when using my phonecsim as hub at best 20mb line and average 8 it really matters. Edited November 24, 2022 by Hummin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Just did three speed tests and Ivacy came out better on all three. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 www.stacksocial.com Look for lifetime subscription for Keep Solid VPN Unlimited -- US$40..... for life. Here's the link. It currently shows "sold out", but keep checking it. https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/vpn-unlimited-lifetime-subscription I use it all over the world without issues with speed or streaming issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 18 and 12 Mbps seem a bit slow. Though of course it depends on the server locations. Can some more people post speed results and their VPN provider? Would be interesting to see which providers have good connections to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 PIA 3 years + 3 months + Boxcryptor 1 year for $79 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppius Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 7:24 PM, Hummin said: That was a great deal. Do you know if they manage viaplay to, and Discovery? To honest not sure, I think they do a free trial Ivacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFarang Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/25/2022 at 1:27 PM, eisfeld said: 18 and 12 Mbps seem a bit slow. Though of course it depends on the server locations. Can some more people post speed results and their VPN provider? Would be interesting to see which providers have good connections to Thailand. He is using the internet from his phone. I just signed up for the Ivacy 5 year plan for 60 Dollars, My results for speedtest.net No VPN: 700/700 (actually I have a 600/600 TOT Line) Ivacy Singapore: 680/500 Ivacy US: 300/80 Ivacy Germany: 320/70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/26/2022 at 8:48 AM, FriendlyFarang said: He is using the internet from his phone. I just signed up for the Ivacy 5 year plan for 60 Dollars, My results for speedtest.net No VPN: 700/700 (actually I have a 600/600 TOT Line) Ivacy Singapore: 680/500 Ivacy US: 300/80 Ivacy Germany: 320/70 Oh yes I totally missed the mobile phone part. Thanks for the pointer and thanks for posting your results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 I have now tried Ivacy and chybergoast, but Nordvpn and Express are those two who works best for my needs connecting to Norwegian websites and apps. Thanks guys for the contributions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomchop Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Excuse my ignorance but how does a vpn work if i want to watch on my smart TV...do i somehow have the vpn on my laptop or does the vpn reside on the TV or??....i want to be able to watch sling TV as if i am in usa. How do i "install" the vpn, is it simple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, pomchop said: Excuse my ignorance but how does a vpn work if i want to watch on my smart TV...do i somehow have the vpn on my laptop or does the vpn reside on the TV or??....i want to be able to watch sling TV as if i am in usa. How do i "install" the vpn, is it simple? You can install a vpn at a router level, then all devices on the router are using the vpn, but its a lot of stuffing around, and you then need to go into router to turn on/off etc. In the case of your TV, the vpn would be installed on the tv. But lots of smart TVs are limited as to what apps/vpn setup you can have. You may be able to do something like have the vpn on a PC/laptop then share the PC internet with the TV. Or cast the PC to the TV. Not exactly legal, but there are lots of apps for getting geolocked content. Redbox, TVmob, swiftstreams etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Peterw42 said: You may be able to do something like have the vpn on a PC/laptop then share the PC internet with the TV. Or cast the PC to the TV. That is what I do in order to watch BBC iPlayer, but connect the laptop via an HDMI cable.....I use Nord VPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recom273 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, pomchop said: Excuse my ignorance but how does a vpn work if i want to watch on my smart TV...do i somehow have the vpn on my laptop or does the vpn reside on the TV or??....i want to be able to watch sling TV as if i am in usa. How do i "install" the vpn, is it simple? There are a few ways, as mentioned. Yes, you can download the VPNs helper app onto your smart TV, then turn it on and off as required. This is the simplest method. I have a firestick, with surfshark VPN helper app to watch iPlayer - it automatically connects to the UK server on startup. You could do this for the states, either automatically or manually. I run another VPN on my computer, which I manually switch on and off as required. Edited December 4, 2022 by recom273 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppius Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Ivacy has been my favourite for a few years now, not so well known so speeds good Stiil got good deals on, Ivacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NONG CHOK Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 7:26 PM, London Lowf said: I am with NordVPN - last year I paid $59.00 and this year was quoted $106.44 to renew. I sent a terse complaint and they replied "Our costs grew with these upgrades, and that led to the price change." I cancelled the auto-renewal and was going to move away but two weeks later got another email offering me two years for $83.23 (includes 20% UK tax) which I accepted - a week later I got another email to say that they'd given me an extra month. However, I only ever use it in Thailand to link with UK-based TV channels that are geographically limited and on this visit I have noticed that the BBC seem to know that I am using a VPN although it only causes minor issues. Eurosport (now part of Discovery for live/rerun Superbikes) and Channel 4 (F1 highlights), my main targets, are fine. I learnt a long time ago, to play all these websites that provide these internet services at their own game. Every time I need to renew a program I look for a similar program doing the same job. They call the initial download an introductory offer. So just keep on changing programs on renewal and remain on the introductory offers. May I add I fluked a VPN by the name of FAST VPN. It works perfectly US$ 12 per annum. Even ZENMATE is worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Seppius said: Ivacy has been my favourite for a few years now, not so well known so speeds good Stiil got good deals on, Ivacy At this point it looks like you're just advertising that service with all your affiliate links. Makes me less likely to choose them. Seeing that they are using stuff like Google Analytics to track users actually is a no-go IMHO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Testing and trying 5 vpn providers and the best out the top ranked and recommended is ExpressVpn for my purpose, but also the most expensive one. I asked for a promo via chat, and got one coupon from them without any questions. Still the most expensive offer I got. NordVpn second best in my opinion! https://www.expressvpn.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tontotoronto Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 11/25/2022 at 6:27 AM, eisfeld said: 18 and 12 Mbps seem a bit slow. Though of course it depends on the server locations. Can some more people post speed results and their VPN provider? Would be interesting to see which providers have good connections to Thailand. I checked today and achieved speeds up to 700Mbps from Thailand to servers in Europe and USA using an ethernet connection and slightly lower speeds connected to WIFI. Internet service in Thailand seems suitable and reliable to date in my experience with excellent thru-put to overseas servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liddelljohn Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I use my 4g phone hotspot in Thailand to send signal wifi to laptop or smart TV which vpn would you reccomend , I tried Nord and it was bad for UK sports and BBC got some results with windscribe but a bit slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 9 hours ago, liddelljohn said: I use my 4g phone hotspot in Thailand to send signal wifi to laptop or smart TV which vpn would you reccomend , I tried Nord and it was bad for UK sports and BBC got some results with windscribe but a bit slow I use my 4g phone as hotspot to, and stream tv and movies without problems. Often as low as 12mb with vpn, but lately average 22mb. Without 30ish. ExpressVpn best for my use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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