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    How fast is a VPN

    We have been thinking about subscribing to a VPN service.

    What I am wondering is how much something like that would effect my speed.

    I am on a 120 Mbit connection so my downloads max out at around 13 Mbytes a second.

    If I ran through a VPN could I expect to still get those speeds or would I be slowed drastically?

    I have tried reading a few VPN provider sites but none seem to mention speeds in their FAQ's

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    While I have no evidence to back it up, I would suspect that you will be severely bottlenecked unless you went with some ungodly priced service.

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    working from home amongst other uses

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    Quote Originally Posted by Larkspeed View Post
    We have been thinking about subscribing to a VPN service.

    What I am wondering is how much something like that would effect my speed.

    I am on a 120 Mbit connection so my downloads max out at around 13 Mbytes a second.

    If I ran through a VPN could I expect to still get those speeds or would I be slowed drastically?

    I have tried reading a few VPN provider sites but none seem to mention speeds in their FAQ's
    Need a bit more information about the nature of the VPN and what you plan to do with it really. All this is a bit vague so its difficult to give you specific advice.

    If you are VPN-ing into your home network so that you can access your files remotely, at a low level you will be limited by EITHER the speed of the connection you are currently in OR your speed at home depending on which is the lowest denominator. There are other factors to take into consideration, for example what limitations the 'service' you are considering may decide to put in place.
    Really though, im not sure you will need to sign up to a VPN service, if you know enough about computers to know what a VPN is im sure you could set up a little server in your network.

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    Quote Originally Posted by Larkspeed View Post

    I am on a 120 Mbit connection so my downloads max out at around 13 Mbytes a second.
    Sounds about right to me!

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    well part of the reason is to get around geolocation restrictions.

    I frequently download large files 10 Gbyte + from various different sources

    Plus used for it is used for work.

    I really don't think more info is needed I basically want to know if I can sustain download speeds of 13 Mbyte per second through a VPN what I want to transfer at those speeds and from where really has nothing to do with it.

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    Quote Originally Posted by Larkspeed View Post
    working from home amongst other uses
    If you're wanting to work from home, doesn't your company have its own VPN setup? If that's the case, you just need the client software and you're away...

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    Quote Originally Posted by Smudger View Post
    If you're wanting to work from home, doesn't your company have its own VPN setup? If that's the case, you just need the client software and you're away...
    If I worked for a company that would probably be right

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    It really depends where you're VPNing from and to, and what the connectivity is like in BOTH locations. There's no reason you couldn't set up a smoothwall or similar and use the VPN software within that.

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    you know what never mind all I wanted was a straight answer to a simple question and I can't seem to get it without pouring out my entire internet usage model to the world.

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    Quote Originally Posted by Larkspeed View Post
    you know what never mind all I wanted was a straight answer to a simple question and I can't seem to get it without pouring out my entire internet usage model to the world.
    What b0redom said is as simple as it can get.

    Can VPNing as a technology support your maximum speed? Yes

    Will most services? It's going to depend on your local speed to the internet, the speed at which the machine at the other end of the VPN can connect to the source file you want, and how stable / if the speed can be sustained over the new route using the VPN.

    There is no straight answer because it's not a straight question.

    It's like saying:
    "On my route to work, I can max out the speed of my car for the entire journey. If I take a new route, can I max out my speed still? I have no information on the new route, I don't know what the traffic is like, I don't know of any speed restrictions on the way, I don't even know if it's a straight road or has corners in it. Cheers guys, let me know!"
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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    There are so many factors involved but yes, other than a little overhead you should get 120Mb if all the factors are right, also remember you will mostly be limited by your outbound connection speed so if you asynchronous this might be an issue.


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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    Quote Originally Posted by Larkspeed View Post
    you know what never mind all I wanted was a straight answer to a simple question and I can't seem to get it without pouring out my entire internet usage model to the world.

    Oh, ok.


    No.

    Or yes, whichever is the answer you wanted to hear.

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    The speed from you to the VPN provider will not be restricted. The speed from the VPN provider out to the world is something you will have to ask the VPN provider.

    well part of the reason is to get around geolocation restrictions.
    If the other part of the reason is anonymity then pick your VPN provider carefully as the story is going around that some vpn providers are holding logs. (thinking about sharing them) If they get a court order they would have to provide those logs and we all know they would sell our ass in a heartbeat to save there own ass.

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    Rent a server, set it up as a VPN. Choose the bandwidth you need, that'll answer your question.

    Find a VPN supplier, ask them what bandwidth they can supply, that'll answer your question.

    I don't really get your question.

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    Re: How fast is a VPN

    I've never come across VPN as a service before. Is the idea that you can connect via VPN into some 3rd party server (encrypting the traffic to there), and the VPN provider then proxies the traffic to your final destination?

    Assuming that it's for nefarious purposes rather than security, all you're doing is passing the information from your ISP on to a 3rd party.

    Assuming that it's for security purposes, again all you're doing is passing the risk from your ISP on to a 3rd party.

    In either case, I would imagine that the VPN provider is a far bigger honeypot than your ISP as people using it are obviously doing it for nefarious or security reasons. Their logs would also presumably be easier to mine for information.

    I've only ever come across VPNs in the context of:

    I'm at home. I want to connect into a company network. I set up a VPN to encrypt the traffic between us. Anything else doesn't seem to make sense (to me).

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