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Cheap VPN

Post by burnley007 » Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:43 pm

Hi.
Does anyone know a decent pay per month VPN that is reasonably cheap?

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by brunlea99 » Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:55 pm

Strangely enough, I am looking for a VPN myself and was looking at the link below for NordVPN. The product has good reviews on the internet, so a possible option for you.

https://nordcheckout.com/?product_group ... 38f7c8493b

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by burnley007 » Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:57 pm

brunlea99 wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:55 pm
Strangely enough, I am looking for a VPN myself and was looking at the link below for NordVPN. The product has good reviews on the internet, so a possible option for you.

https://nordcheckout.com/?product_group ... 38f7c8493b
I agree, but still a bit pricey!

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Commy » Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:59 pm

I use surfshark. I can't remember how much it was but it will have been cheap as I don't pay through the nose. It's easy to use and I have never had any problems with it.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by fanzone » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:01 pm

Ipvanish. $8 a month works a treat
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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:01 pm

I use NordVpn 80 quid for 3 years for 6 users at any one time.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by FactualFrank » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:02 pm

brunlea99 wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:55 pm
Strangely enough, I am looking for a VPN myself and was looking at the link below for NordVPN. The product has good reviews on the internet, so a possible option for you.

https://nordcheckout.com/?product_group ... 38f7c8493b
Been warned against using NordVPN due to them sharing your details with other companies.
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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Safron » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:03 pm

Buy a lifetime VPN off eBay very cheap 👍
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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by FactualFrank » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:03 pm

A few others I've read about in the past by people who use VPNs a lot (I only really use VPS), who have warned against using:

ExpressVPN
PIA
Hide My Ass
PureVPN
AirVPN
ProtonVPN
Hotspot Shield

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Bigvince » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:04 pm

I’ve got NordVPN, and it’s very reliable. I paid £80 for 3 year subscription, which is really good value! Previously had VYPRVPN, which wasn’t anywhere near as good, and I was paying monthly £7. The really cheap VPN’s tend to be the slowest and least reliable. With VPN’s you get what you pay for.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by superdimitri » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:12 pm

Buy a shared account on reddit or eBay. Otherwise I'd go for Mullivad.
You get what you pay for with a vpn so if you get the cheapest you'll get more slow servers.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Rileybobs » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:21 pm

I use NordVPN. It might not be great value on a month by month basis but as someone else said, £80 for 3 years is pretty good. It’s very reliable.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by burnley007 » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:21 pm

Safron wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:03 pm
Buy a lifetime VPN off eBay very cheap 👍
just done this
fingers crossed it arrives before 3pm!

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Barry_Chuckle » Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:31 pm

NordVPN was on quidco last week with 100% cash back.
If you're not on quidco, register it's free, and VPN offers come on almost every other week. Antivirus is the same, I got McAfee for 2 years with 98% cashback last month.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by The Enclosure » Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:04 pm

IPVanish for my money.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by kritichris » Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:01 pm

I'm another on the NordVPN 3 year deal, laptop, desk and phones included.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Goodclaret » Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:35 pm

I've just got ProtonVPN and had no problems so far. It's totally free and the games I have watched using it have been absolutely faultless.

From others' experience, what has been the issues with Proton?

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by longside72 » Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:39 pm

Just using a trial , storm shark vpn , all been good so far and cheaper than every other one i have tried

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Mrpotatohead » Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:55 pm

Purchase any of these VPNs through Quidco, they often give you around 50% cashback. Nord VPN is 56% back at the minute. Use the link below to sign up and once you have £5 cashback confirmed we will both receive another £12.50.

Money for old rope.

http://www.quidco.com/user/3806879/2362596/
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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Mrpotatohead » Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:57 pm

Occasionally they do 100% cashback too when running various promotions, so keep an eye out for that too. Fairly sure it was Nord VPN offering 100% cashback last week.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Elder statesman » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:38 pm

I use Digibit. Costs £2 a month and very good.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Longsider » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:46 pm

burnley007 wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:21 pm
just done this
fingers crossed it arrives before 3pm!
I hope for your sake it didn't.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by MACCA » Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:04 pm

IPVanish paid for the year about £60 I think, and never had an issue.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by BurnleyMickSouth » Sun Nov 29, 2020 2:14 am

Hi fellow clarets, forgive my ignorance but what is or does this VPN do...????? me clueless, do you have to have one............lost me on this.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Vegas Claret » Sun Nov 29, 2020 6:37 am

burnley007 wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:43 pm
Hi.
Does anyone know a decent pay per month VPN that is reasonably cheap?
surfshark, I've tried 4 or 5 and it's been the best and also the cheapest, I think I paid less than 40 quid for 3 years

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Goodclaret » Sun Nov 29, 2020 1:46 pm

BurnleyMickSouth wrote:
Sun Nov 29, 2020 2:14 am
Hi fellow clarets, forgive my ignorance but what is or does this VPN do...????? me clueless, do you have to have one............lost me on this.
In my very basic knowledge of these things, a VPN creates a new IP address which is "beamed" from another country. I only use mine for football streams so, like yesterday, I used my VPN to connect from the US which means watching PL football online is great. The downside is it gave me an uninterrupted stream of our game yesterday which was upsetting, to say the least :) I'm sure more technically gifted people can explain how they work much better than me.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by BurnleyMickSouth » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:48 pm

Thanks for the help but still none the wiser :roll:.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Si-mc » Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:19 pm

burnley007 wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:43 pm
Hi.
Does anyone know a decent pay per month VPN that is reasonably cheap?
I can do you Nord for 6 months for just under 5 quid

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Vintage Claret » Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:26 am

burnley007 wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:21 pm
just done this
fingers crossed it arrives before 3pm!
I'd be wary of buying/using a 'lifetime' VPN from eBay, there's a reason they are very cheap and you usually can't change the VPN account email/password..

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by aggi » Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:16 am

superdimitri wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:12 pm
Buy a shared account on reddit or eBay. Otherwise I'd go for Mullivad.
You get what you pay for with a vpn so if you get the cheapest you'll get more slow servers.
I'm loving the contradiction here.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Quickenthetempo » Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:21 am

Vintage Claret wrote:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:26 am
I'd be wary of buying/using a 'lifetime' VPN from eBay, there's a reason they are very cheap and you usually can't change the VPN account email/password..
You can put Nord VPN on 6 devices, so people sell the the other 5. Everyone uses the same password.

Some people buy accounts and sell all individually on places like Ebay.

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Vintage Claret » Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:56 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:21 am


You can put Nord VPN on 6 devices, so people sell the the other 5. Everyone uses the same password.

Some people buy accounts and sell all individually on places like Ebay.
I understand that but I do question if the account details are legally every one of the ebay sellers to sell to 5 or 6 others or if they are actually 'hacked' accounts.

Having said that I've just been on Quidco and NORD are offering a 2 year plan for £68 covering 6 devices with 100% cashback, maybe all the ebay sellers are just cashing in on that..... ;)

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by whiffa » Thu Dec 03, 2020 1:01 pm

I personally use VPN Unlimited, you can get a lifetime subscription in a one off payment, on offer again at the moment.

I've used it for years and had no issues, occasionally need to jump to a quieter node but also simple to use for any technophobes.

https://stacksocial.com/sales/vpn-unlim ... xnEALw_wcB

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by Si-mc » Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:34 am

I use private vpn

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Re: Cheap VPN

Post by williamjblazkowicz » Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:22 am

I write about VPNs for a living so hopefully I can be of help here. For those wondering, a VPN is a Virtual Private Network. It basically takes your internet traffic and routes it through an encrypted tunnel to one of its servers (you can choose the server location). In connecting to a server, you're assigned a new, temporary IP address.

There are two main reasons why you'd want to use a VPN/change your IP address. Arguably most common is to access content that is region-locked and unavailable in your location (typically due to copyright and licensing issues). A good example of this is streaming services such as Netflix and BBC iPlayer. With a VPN, you can connect to a server in the appropriate country and access such websites and services even when traveling abroad.

Another reason you might want to use a VPN is security. This is pretty important in the UK which is a member of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance. The UK government collects quite a lot of data from citizens. Part of this is making it mandatory for ISPs to log your browsing data and retain the information for at least a year. A VPN protects you from this because it encrypts your data, shielding it from hackers and snoopers. Any quality VPN should have a strict no-logs policy so that even if your data is requested by the authorities, they should have nothing to provide.

I would advise against using free VPNs. They tend to offer servers in only a limited number of locations and are typically very slow (and may throttle your bandwidth). More important, if a service is free then you are typically the product. Some free VPNs log your data (including your browsing history) and sell this data to third parties. Those that don't tend to be pretty spammy with ads.

Personally, I use Surfshark. It's headquartered in the British Virgin Islands where there are no mandatory data retention laws. Speeds are decent and it has around 3,000 servers in 65 countries. Unlike the vast majority of VPNs, it allows unlimited simultaneous connections so it's great for sharing with family. Surfshark has plenty of security features (256-bit AES encryption, DNS and IPv6 leak protection, and a kill switch). MultiHop (Double VPN) servers are also available. These basically connect via two locations so that your data is encrypted twice for extra security (note that this is slower).

NordVPN, CyberGhost, ExpressVPN, IPVanish, and PrivateVPN are also decent options. Any questions just give me a shout!
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