My VPN can sometimes slow things down, but if I shut it off, I'm all of a sudden back to the speed I'm supposed to have. Or, I can sometimes just change the VPN "location" and that will solve the problem.

On 7/25/2026 at 5:24 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

And I'm told even fibre has to pass along copper at some points in the run.

Not necessarily but it is quite often the case as networks are slow to be upgraded to Fibre Optic from end to end.