Specifically was looking for some type of one time purchase and no more monthly fees. Was looking at Deeperconnect and Firewalla, but I don’t think they do VPN like the services do. Currently I have been using Private Internet Access for 5 years or so. Its been fine but its slow. I tweaked settings etc, and on a good day can get like 6 down versus 8-10 down without it on. Most days though its more like 1-2.5 down. If hardware is not an option, any suggestions for software VPN that is reasonably priced. I pay somewhere in the 30’s per year for Private Internet Access. Don’t mind switching, but don’t really want to pay over 30-50 a year for VPN.
See the thing is they still have monthly costs, and most are more focused on the crypto mining
so anything claiming a lifetime of “no monthly fees” will likely only last a short time.
Open hardware you control is the way to go.
Go with a reputable VPN and get it running on a router that supports DD-WRT, OpenWrt, pfSense, etc. I think it’s preferable to some other hardware solutions.
As for lifetime and other long-term subscriptions it’s never a good idea but if I had a gun pointed to my head and had to buy one, I’d go with cryptostorm (Mullvad only supports 1 year).
Firewalla won’t do what you want it to do, that I know of. It may make your torrenting harder.
Many people on here will say get mullvad or a VPN with a portforwarding feature.
I have 100s of TBs of upload within a year…without a portforwarding VPN. As a matter of fact, some of the “least reputable” VPNs got me that(not bragging just showing the fact portforwarding had made me no difference and id be glad to show 100s of TBs of upload + join dates avg about 550gb upload/day). Port forwarding was much bigger pre 2020 when ISPs had a much smaller pool of ports to block on routers. If you’re a casual seeder (1-500 torrents) the maybe Mullvad is for you. Once your seeding over 1000 no port forwarding feature is going to matter unless you download just garbage Torrents no one wants. I’ll get a lot of hate for this but I really don’t care. I have my results without a portforwarding VPN, my own proof.
I did try mullvad, and in all honesty it’s not that bad. Not a fan of the payment system. But it is annonomous and not really linked to you in anyway besides your payment method. No username, no password, no email. I can say it’s the best I’ve seen maybe in terms of privacy. But If you seed enough you’ll max your upload (speed, what you are specifically asking for if you have to get a VPN) non stop 24/7.
If you are concerned about privacy #1 get MullVad, otherwise find one you like with the features you wan with the price you want with the speeds you want. Just stay away from IPVanish If you want good speeds. That one I can assure you, will be worse than what you have. Try free trials.
In my experience every VPN I’ve used has had a much bigger speed dent in Downloading than uploading. Minus IPVanish I almost always get my full upload speed on most VPNs I’ve tried, even close to full upload on overseas servers (about a 8 percent drop vs domestic).
They provide trial too
cryptostorm
Can I do torrent with the cryptostorm free? I’d like to test it out as the one I have now has worked fine, but its slow.
Yes but you’re limited to France server and without port-forwarding. Cryptostorm is a VPN geared at techies though, you’ll have to manually set up WireGuard.
don’t you download an appa nd click connect?>
Not as straightforward as others. You need to use OpenVPN / WireGuard open-source clients and import the configurations. Some will prefer this due to the extra trust, but you lose some convenience / user-friendliness.
If you want to download an app and click connect, then Mullvad or OVPN are better options for you. Both compatible with routers, and both support port-forwarding.
Just to be clear, if we just talking about a VPN service, then my main needs are fast and cheap. Like I said, no issues with the current provider, it just typically not fast and many times I end up disabling the VPN and taking a chance to get it downloaded in time.
Read the first link I sent you. To be “fast” you’ll need WireGuard and port-forwarding.