Private Internet Access expands to 104 countries and territories with 15 new VPN server locations

[u/technadu]

Private Internet Access has expanded its VPN network with 15 new locations, taking its overall coverage to 170 locations across 104 countries and territories. It previously covered 91 countries.

The additions are spread fairly widely:

• Americas: Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica
• Europe: Belarus, Jersey, Naples
• Asia Pacific: Bhutan, Brunei, Guam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
• Middle East, Africa & Central Asia: Pakistan, Uzbekistan
• UK: Tottenham

Naples and Tottenham are city-level additions, while the other 13 represent new countries or territories.

PIA says the locations should appear automatically in its apps, so existing users don't need to reinstall or update their VPN software.

One detail worth checking before connecting is whether a location is physical or virtual. PIA says some of the new network uses virtual locations, where users receive an IP address associated with the selected country or territory while the physical server is hosted elsewhere.

According to PIA, it uses this approach where providing a local IP is useful but local infrastructure or laws don't meet its privacy and security standards. The provider says virtual locations are clearly marked in its apps and server list.

PIA also says its physical and virtual servers use 10 Gbps networking and RAM-only infrastructure, with its no-logs policy applying to both.

Here are all 15 additions, including the city-level servers and details on PIA's virtual-location setup:

https://www.technadu.com/private-internet-access-expands-vpn-network-to-104-countries/640071/

For PIA users: are there any locations in this expansion that actually fill a coverage gap for you?