One of the things that give me the peeve is when my hubs downloads movies on my PC. I don’t mind sharing my PC with him but each time he downloads movies, my PC begins to act up. First, it slows down and eventually ‘hangs’ up on me. Another thing that irks me is when my PC gets a warning that it has encountered a problem and it then gets ‘hang’ again when I enter certain websites or blogs. I related this problem to my hubs’ friend recently and he suggested that we install a VPN (virtual private network) into our computers.
We later found out from this friend why all these slowing down and ‘hanging’ on our computer are happening each time we download movies and big files. You see, the ISP (Streamyx or your internet provider) has this automatic control system that is able to detect whenever you download something that they do not allow, for example movie torrent. When this happens, your speed will be reduced significantly. Why are they doing this? That’s because they do not want to invest their money to expand their infrastructure. So obviously the best way is to control your speed so that you will not use up their resources. Unfair right? Well, you can scream at them or write endless complaint letters but all these will get you no where.
This is when the VPN thingy comes in handy. With this VPN, it acts as a guardian or middle-man between your computer and the internet. You don’t connect directly to the internet – you connect to the internet through the VPN’s anonymous servers, thus your privacy is protected. When your identity is hidden by the VPN, all your activities on the internet will not be known by ISP (Streamyx or your internet provider), thus ISP has no means to control your speed.
This service would certainly bring good news to those living in certain countries that ban or censor their citizen’s internet activity.
My hubs had just subscribed to the VPN service for his computer and it only costs him RM10 per month for 15-20GB. I have asked him to subscribe to this service for my computer too. With VPN, I will be able to download my favorite TVB series, Korean drama, games for my 2 older monkeys, etc at lightning speed, YAY!
BTW, this is NOT a sponsored post.
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