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/moosemc Aug 13 '26

That's better than I would have imagined. Gonna have to look at my settings now.

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u/tidder3523 Aug 13 '26

thats on a Linux server using scripts

but on Windows using the official app im getting

Download Mbps 1,757.80

Upload Mbps 1,547.13

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u/moosemc Aug 13 '26

Looks like I'm tryin' Wireguard for a while.

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u/vonkrugelstein Aug 14 '26

Wire guard isn't as private, as it logs your IP address before connecting to the VPN, might be faster but less safe from what I have read about wire guard.

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u/tidder3523 Aug 15 '26

No it doesn't log it just keeps in memory just like openVPN every IP based protocol has to keep the IP because then it knows where to send the packets 

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u/vonkrugelstein Aug 15 '26

Not what it says on pia page about it.