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Kiltrash: I am very happy with ExpressVPN, which offers numerous servers worldwide and excellent support. $99/15 months. My only caveat is degraded download speeds - 50 Mbps maximum on a 400 Mbps line.
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From: There and here
I've been using NordVPN for the last year and so far no issues to speak of. I think that it's around £80 per year and has servers all over the planet (not much use at the moment!). As always there will be some slowing of the speeds, but for my needs it didn't make much difference. If safety is more important than speed when travelling then a VPN is a no-brainer. You only have to be hacked/spoofed/whatever once for a whole lot of headaches to appear, so it's worth doing if away from the home connection.
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+1 for ExpressVPN. However, I find ExpressVPN increases my up/download speeds due bypass of your ISP throttling. If you find a much reduced speed when using ExpressVPN, I suggest you select an alternative ExpressVPN server...that’s always worked for me.
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From: Nanaimo (CAC8)
I've been using NordVPN for the last year and so far no issues to speak of.
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From: Down under
I once used Express VPN - quite expensive when one starts with the $AU, but totally satisfactory.
More recently I've switched to Hideaway from Firetrust - the company which developed Mailwasher.
After six months of occasional use, I am quite happy.
https://www.firetrust.com/products/h...-unlimited-vpn
More recently I've switched to Hideaway from Firetrust - the company which developed Mailwasher.
After six months of occasional use, I am quite happy.
https://www.firetrust.com/products/h...-unlimited-vpn
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From: UK
Hi all thanks for the suggestions. Went eventually with IPVanish set to France and as far as i can see the speed has almost doubled and videos / streams don't buffer normal searching seem ok
Won't initially use when banking.
thanks
Won't initially use when banking.
thanks
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From: There and here
That's a strange one, perhaps the old remedy of switching the device off, wait, back on and see if it changes ? Also disabling the VPN, checking for sound function, then enabling the VPN again and going from there.
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From: London
How to Fix No Sound Issue After Windows 10 Update 2019 (1903) (guidingtech.com)
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From: UK
If you use a VPN that allows you to set your location to USA then yes, you will have access to Netflix USA content (as to whether it is better is of course a matter of opinion!). There is content on the USA site that is not available in the UK but the reverse is also true. Of course if you have a VPN that allows you to choose your location (most do) then you can set it to whichever you want and have the best of both worlds.
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From: Ferrara
Ah - I've had this problem several times recently on my HP
Eventually traced to Senora A. using it for zoom calls with her friends and plugging in a set of headphones which overrides the normal sound settings and leaves them that way when they're unplugged
As with much of W10 there are two sets of controls - Settings - System-Sound gives you a list of output devices - you may need to set this to your HP speaker
HOWEVER sometimes it doesn't appear there so click on the ^ arrow on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and then right click on Sound Manager (the speaker icon) and check the settings in Sound- Playback
Eventually traced to Senora A. using it for zoom calls with her friends and plugging in a set of headphones which overrides the normal sound settings and leaves them that way when they're unplugged
As with much of W10 there are two sets of controls - Settings - System-Sound gives you a list of output devices - you may need to set this to your HP speaker
HOWEVER sometimes it doesn't appear there so click on the ^ arrow on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and then right click on Sound Manager (the speaker icon) and check the settings in Sound- Playback
