PrivateVPN
Website: www.privatevpn.com (formerly www.privatvpn.se)
Price: From 5.50 Euro / Month. (If purchased via 12-month plan) Accepts Bitcoins.
Our Rating: – 88.4%
Protection: 5/5
Software / GUI: 4.5/5
Features: 4/5
Speed: 4.5/5
Ease of Use: 4.5/5
Service Overview and Reviews
Protocols: OpenVPN, L2TP, PPTP
Service: PrivateVPN provides Open VPN, L2TP and PPTP across a high performance network in 57 countries with no traffic restrictions.
You can Watch Hulu and USA TV and the BBC iPlayer and unblock all VOIP Applications include Skype.
Port forwarding is available on OpenVPN servers with dynamic and public IPs available.
You can connect up to 6 devices simultaneously and P2P is allowed (Swedish servers recommended).
Connection Guard software to select application to close on VPN disconnection.
Customer service is available 24/7.
You can get a free test for 24 hours by emailing their support from the website.
Privacy: PrivateVPN never produce logs of any data traffic. See their Policy/Terms/FAQ
Note: PrivateVPN log IP numbers on their server in the U.S. This is because the laws of the United States. No P2P on US or UK servers.
Our Thoughts: This established VPN is very impressive, speeds are excellent and privacy is placed at a premium. A fair sized network that covers all the main locations you’ll need. Great client software that includes an auto-reconnect and an option to close specific programs if the connection is ever dropped. Competitively priced for the longer term plans.
PrivateVPN User Reviews
Summary
Reviews
The best vpn out there. Gives the option to change servers, no throttling or closed ports for torrenting, no logs, amazing speeds and hasn’t hung up on me (not even once). Not sure about support, although I doubt whether I ll need any customer support with an awesome service like this. Very happy with this vpn.
très bon service VPN. bonne connexion ne descend jamais, se sentir en sécurité lors du téléchargement. très bon prix et service!
Via Google Translate: very good VPN service. good connection never drops, feel safe when downloading. great price and service!
best vpn out there
lov them
Great speeds via local and using NL server for downloads with very reliable connection not dropped once. Simple set-up for mobile and lap-top. I use a lot of wi-fi hotspots so that’s key for me. Good reliable VPN service which keeps no logs.
It’s a good service, however, only the Sweden’s IP addresses are dynamic. Other than that, the servers are fast.
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PrivateVPN Speed Test Results
PrivateVPN Speed Test
Below you can see our testing results for PrivateVPN. For more details of how we conduct our speed tests go to VPN Speed Tests.
Test PC #1 – United States – OS (Ubuntu 11.10) – ISP (Cox)
| SpeedTest.net (Chromium) | Location | Ping | Download | Upload |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 27 | 23.21 | 7.18 |
| OpenVPN | Germany | 175 | 9.03 | 6.46 |
| OpenVPN | US | 152 | 11.53 | 6.81 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 172 | 10.10 | 6.45 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 168 | 9.13 | 6.37 |
| Download Test (Curl) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 620M | 1330K | 07:57 |
| OpenVPN | Germany | 620M | 1061K | 09:58 |
| OpenVPN | US | 620M | 1104K | 09:35 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 620M | 864K | 12:14 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 620M | 976K | 10:50 |
| P2P Test (Deluge) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 695Mb | 1.59Mb | 07:17 |
| OpenVPN | Germany | 695Mb | 1.47Mb | 07:51 |
| OpenVPN | US | 695Mb | 1.49Mb | 07:46 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 695Mb | 1.56Mb | 07:24 |
Test PC #2 – United Kingdom – OS (Win 7) – ISP (Sky)
| SpeedTest.net (Firefox) | Location | Ping | Download | Upload |
| Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 32 | 10.56 | 0.94 |
| OpenVPN | Germany | 53 | 9.95 | 0.89 |
| OpenVPN | US | 200 | 5.04 | 0.63 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 41 | 9.97 | 0.89 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 36 | 9.99 | 0.88 |
| Download Test (Curl) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 620M | 1241k | 08:31 |
| OpenVPN | Germany | 620M | 899k | 11:46 |
| OpenVPN | US | 620M | 714k | 14:49 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 620M | 1184k | 08:56 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 620M | 1072k | 09:52 |
| P2P Test (uTorrent) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 695Mb | 1.1Mb | 10:22 |
| OpenVPN | Germany | 695Mb | 0.97Mb | 12:15 |
| OpenVPN | US | 695Mb | 0.78Mb | 15:05 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 695Mb | 0.90Mb | 13:05 |
Tips: OpenVPN seems to be faster than PPTP connections
Note: The handshake protocol (MSCHAP_V2) used by many PPTP connections has been cracked and therefore PPTP could now be considered unencrypted. For maximum security use OpenVPN or L2TP.