VPN Networks and Speed
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One of the aspects of the Internet that has been consistently improving since it became a popular consumer product is speed. Over the years, home connections have reached speeds that rival the connections found in offices 10 years ago. Home users can now browse the Internet and download files in minutes when downloading those files may have taken hours not too long ago. Combining a VPN service with your Internet browsing doesn’t necessarily have to reduce your speed.
Perception vs. Reality
There are free services out there that will anonymize your Internet browsing for you. This is one of the reasons that people oftentimes sign up for VPN service. If you use one of the free services, you will sometimes come away from the experience with a very bad impression. The reason for this is the fact that these free services oftentimes require that you go through very busy servers to be anonymized.
A VPN service that you pay for is a much different animal than a free service. On a paid service, you’re generally guaranteed to be able to access Internet pages and other resources within a certain range of speeds. In some cases, the speed you get increases with more expensive packages. Some of these VPN services have very fast network speeds. In fact, adding a VPN connection to your Internet browsing will sometimes leave you with a connection that is fast enough that the slowdown isn’t even noticeable.
Downloads
The vast majority of home Internet services today come with unlimited browsing. This has made people forget, to some degree, how bandwidth works. To put it in the most basic terms, anything you download on the Internet – including webpages themselves – consumes bandwidth. Even if you don’t download a file or a page to your hard drive and save it, you are still downloading that content. Some VPN services have limited bandwidth. Others have unlimited bandwidth. Before you immediately go for the unlimited package, consider the following.
The average Internet surfer who doesn’t download any files and who is only on for a few hours a day generally uses very little bandwidth. Downloading webpages does not consume a great deal of bandwidth. In fact, webpages are optimized in a way that makes them as compact as possible. If you are considering getting a VPN service, consider getting one of the limited packages first and, if you’re going over your limit, expand the service. Speed should not be an issue with most of the third-party services out there.
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Source by Michael Maxstead
