[ale] Good commercial VPN's

[Brian Stanaland]

You can add ProtonVPN to a free account for $4 or $8 a month.
I don't use a VPN so can't vouch for it.

Brian

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 9:00 AM Jeffrey Layton via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Thanks! I'm looking at all three options you mentioned. I like ProtonVPN
> because of Protonmail (I want to move away from gmail as you mentioned).
> The full package from ProtonVPN that includes ProtonMail is pretty
> expensive ($33/month?) so I'm looking at other packages.
>
> PIA and NordVPN look good as well. I wish they had built-in secure mail
> like ProtonMail.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 12:35 PM Jeffrey Brown <jeffreydbrown at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I use Private Internet Access (PIA), primarily because I am locked into a
>> very low annual rate due to early adoption and because my needs are pretty
>> minimal. I started an annual trial of PIA and NordVPN at the same time, and
>> I ended up renewing PIA and allowing NordVPN to lapse on largely financial
>> grounds. While I have no particular complaint with PIA, if money had not
>> been a serious constraint at the time of renewal, I would have stayed with
>> NordVPN instead, due to their being located outside the US.
>>
>> While I have not tried their VPN service, I strongly consider ProtonVPN
>> if NordVPN did not exist. I am considering migrating fully from Gmail to
>> ProtonMail and from the pay-with-all-of-my-personal-information model of
>> Internet services, which I abhor, to the more rational cash-for-service
>> model that should have always been the norm.
>>
>> Jeffrey D. Brown
>> GPG/PGP Public Key ID: A05E4182
>> ("It's an older key, sir, but it checks out.")
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 11:27 AM Jeffrey Layton via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning (just barely),
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a commercial VPN service. Most likely outside the US :)
>>> Does anyone have suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
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