Subj : Re: SignalTech wifi boost
To   : Nightfox
From : Greenlfc
Date : Thu Sep 09 2021 06:31:00

On 08 Sep 2021, Nightfox said the following...
 Ni> Using a VPN won't increase your internet speed.  If your internet speed
 Ni> is being limited by your ISP or is limited by your router, something
 Ni> like a VPN isn't going to help.
 Ni> 
 Ni> If anything, a VPN slows you down a bit, because with a VPN, your
 Ni> internet traffic gets routed through additional servers.
 Ni> 

That's generally true, although the exception would be if your ISP is throttling certain types of traffic.  By tunnelling over the VPN, your ISP can't see where your tunnelled traffic is going, and thus cannot shape it.

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