VPN Question

[zubheir]

I just wanted to know if there are any benefits to using a vpn with rains network?
Will I see an improvement on internet speed?
Would like someone to explain please.
Thanks

 

[Gtx Gaming]

It bypass the shaping to video streaming and downloads.

It wont make internet quicker in terms of speed.

 

[backstreetboy]

I just wanted to know if there are any benefits to using a vpn with rains network?
Will I see an improvement on internet speed?
Would like someone to explain please.
Thanks

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[Retro1337]

I just wanted to know if there are any benefits to using a vpn with rains network?
Will I see an improvement on internet speed?
Would like someone to explain please.
Thanks

i have a friend with rain 4g 19h package, who says it helps alot in terms of buffering with Youtube videos

 

[ponder]

I just wanted to know if there are any benefits to using a vpn with rains network?
Will I see an improvement on internet speed?
Would like someone to explain please.
Thanks

Why don't you simply test it and see for yourself?

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[Pieter_Badprop]

No you wont gain better quality or speed. I have rain and express VPN. When you connect to a vpn server, your connection goes to that server, then to your destination, then back to the vpn server then to you.

 

[lunch]

I use Windscribe for gaming it's really good when it works nicely. Sometimes it doesn't though

 

[syntax]

It bypass the shaping to video streaming and downloads.

It wont make internet quicker in terms of speed.

Pretty much this. You can bypass packet inspection methods and if they are shaping certain types of traffic you might not be put in that group.
Besides that benefit you are likely to have a performance decrease in general when using a VPN for a few reasons.
Firstly, encryption adds overhead both on a packet level and on the device doing the encryption.
If you are using your laptop / desktop you probably will not notice it but if you are doing it from your router you will likely take a considerable performance knock, especially if your line speeds exceed 50 or 100Mbps.

Secondly when you use a VPN service you are tunneling traffic to another server which then proxies on your behalf. This will add extra latency to your connection. How much depends on where you are tunneling to and where your content is stored, but there will be additional latency because of this.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Indeed all true, but i must say overhead on warp plus is really low, everything is very snappy on warp plus.

 

[deweyzeph]

The problem I've found with VPNs is that a lot of security conscious websites will block you. E.g. when I use NordVPN I can't access FNB's website, and most streaming services like Showmax, Netflix, etc complain about being on a VPN.

 

[Pho3nix]

The problem I've found with VPNs is that a lot of security conscious websites will block you. E.g. when I use NordVPN I can't access FNB's website, and most streaming services like Showmax, Netflix, etc complain about being on a VPN.

Use one with exclusions to use the normal connection for those apps

 

[bruuubruuu]

No you wont gain better quality or speed. I have rain and express VPN. When you connect to a vpn server, your connection goes to that server, then to your destination, then back to the vpn server then to you.

Expressvpn is very slow on rain
Try NordVPN or Speedify (Speedify has South African Mweb IP address so you could use the vpn to watch Showmax because other vpn locations in SA won’t work with Showmax

 

[bruuubruuu]

Expressvpn is very slow on rain
Try NordVPN or Speedify (Speedify has South African Mweb IP address so you could use the vpn to watch Showmax because other vpn locations in SA won’t work with Showmax

Edit:when I use NordVPN and Speedify i get 9mbps but strangely enough my rain internet connection sometimes even hits 15 Mbps but the upload is nonexistent

 

[backstreetboy]

The problem I've found with VPNs is that a lot of security conscious websites will block you. E.g. when I use NordVPN I can't access FNB's website, and most streaming services like Showmax, Netflix, etc complain about being on a VPN.

Use a better VPN. Windscribe works on Netflix with all servers and they unblocked Showmax for me.