My ISP seems to be throttling my VPN connection. Just started a week or so ago. Anyone have any tips for correcting this shit?

Edit: Sorry, I didn’t leave much info. I guess I was thinking in more general terms. I use PIA, have for years. I’ve tried to change protocols and ports, my VPN speed still sits around 10K. Just ridiculous. Speed test without VPN:

SOLVED!! OK, I’m an absolute idiot. The tl;dr I had accidentally toggled the Toggle Alt. Rate Limits setting. Thank you everyone for attempting to help that which couldn’t be helped!

  • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
    93·
    9 months ago

    Looks like they are using OpenVPN and Wireguard, both static protocols that can be easily detected from your ISP.

    Try a provider that offers a proprietary protocol - Astrill and ExpressVPN have their own, for example - or use a shadowsocks service instead.

    And try playing around with different servers as well, I get great speeds going through Switzerland and Sweden with my VPN.

      • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Nobody knows, externally. That’s the thing about proprietary stuff.

        Personally I think they are using a modified open standard and just add an obfuscating layer to the client-server-handshake, but that’s speculation on my end.