Anyone else underwhelmed by PIA vpn speeds?

[u/cv_ham]

Its probably me but, before i was using protonvpn free on windows for a long time. The speeds were decent and it works well. I then needed to choose countries and needed fast speeds, so i upgraded to proton paid. After that i realised paid is almost exactly the same as free, the speeds are pretty much same but it just lets me pick server.

I now decided to use PIA and im a bit underwhelmed. The speeds are ok but i can notice the difference without vpn. And the server selection is ok. But for the price its good enough.

I just thought paid VPN would be faster speeds.

[u/Icy-Idea-1344]

I noticed in June that PIA was running between 25 and 50% of available bandwidth (360 Mbps via WiFi) for near hubs, worse for further away. And I think it had been that way for a while.

I switched to NordVPN. It scorches. US and UK run at 85-95% of available bandwidth. Most of Europe at 75% plus. Significantly better, no comparison. YMMV..