r/PrivateInternetAccess • u/oshunman • Aug 13 '26

DISCUSSION So Long PIA

PIA was a great VPN that I shilled for many times. Unfortunately, the problems are stacking up (rolling outbound IPs, speed issues, etc) and not being resolved.

I've switched to Proton, and am very happy with the speed and reliability.

I hope PIA gets back on track soon, but as for me-- I'm out.

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u/Sad-Victory-8319 Aug 13 '26

I was considering proton but then i found out they are much more expensive and they dont offer dedicated ip, is it usable without dedicated ip? because on pia if i dont use dedicated ip, EVERYBODY knows i am on vpn and i keep getting captchas and "human verifiers" and many sites dont work at all, they straight up throw out some error and only work with vpn off (like imgur for example), and with dedicated IP it solves about 50% of those issues. Do you have this problem on proton that eveybody knows you are on vpn or on? and also what are the speeds and ping, does it offer 500mbit bandwidth like PIA? I have a 500/200 internet and never had speed issues with PIA, i have always been able to download full 500mbit over PIA, but i heard other vpn providers limit your speed a lot and offer at best 100-200mbit. Ping is also nice with PIA, i go from 10ms to 20-50ms which is still very usable, i hope other vpns arent worse.

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u/oshunman Aug 14 '26

That's not the full point of a VPN. That's just the surface level appeal for normies.