The coincidence between the VPN slowdown and the sale of EasySurf to Symantec cannot be ignored Symantec is throttling the speed of the FREE users. It has been learned that in November of this year Opera sold its EasySurf VPN to Symantec. Most importantly, you should keep in mind that it only protects the traffic on the Opera browser. Therefore, it is a VPN only by name, as it really is just a proxy service. In fact the VPN is currently unusable for streaming and video downloads whereas prior to December there were no buffering issues. Opera VPN is a feature in the Opera web browser that encrypts your traffic and routes it through a proxy to hide your real IP address. The Opera VPN has never been this slow, affecting all websites, particularly streaming and videos. Opera (No VPN): Download 22.2Mbps, Upload 18.9Mbps First, it doesn’t have any bandwidth limit. The second place goes to Opera VPN All of these factors are also compared with the top. But it is different from other free VPN service providers. In this category, Surfshark takes the 1st place with a score of 8.6. It is closer to a good proxy service than a VPN service. NOTE: Instead of Verizon, the ISP listed with the VPN is “Very Games SARL 77.111.246.16” Opera VPN, which comes for free with the browser, is more than decent VPN service.

Opera (with VPN): Download 1.4Mbps, Upload 1.3Mbps Here are the most recent results of running speed tests of Opera and Chrome:Ĭhrome: Download 22.2Mbps, Upload 18.7Mbps Started using Opera March 2017 because of its integrated VPN from that date till early December the response of the VPN (EasySurf) was virtually as fast as not using the VPN.

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