u/Paul65890

Speed issue

Speed issue

Hi! I ran 5 different speed tests without PIA and the results are below. When I enable PIA and pick the closest server to me (New York) I'm getting 63 Mbps download at best and 6 Mbps upload. That's a far cry from  the 400+ to 500+ Mbps download I get without it. I understand I will lose some speed with a VPN, but that much? 400 Mbps less? Some tests oddly showed better upload speeds than download speeds such as 26 Mbps download and 96 Mbps upload. What gives?

Without PIA enabled...

https://www.speedtest.net
Download Mbps 542.73
Upload Mbps 85.73

https://fiber.google.com/speedtest/
Download 517.0 Mbps
Upload 87.1Mbps

https://fast.com/#
Your Internet speed is 560 Mbps
Upload Speed 84 Mbps

https://speed.cloudflare.com/
Download: 465 Mbps
Upload: 66.4 Mbps

https://wifiman.com/
Download: 551.13Mbps
Upload: 92.53Mbps

u/Paul65890 — 1 day ago

Adguard on Android with Chrome?

Hi! Help is greatly appreciated! Adguard has so many program choices I'm confused by them LOL. For the time being I wanted to get an idea of how it is so I want to try it on my android phone...

So on my android phone under the DNS settings I selected "Private DNS provider hostname" and typed in (dns.adguard.com)

Do I need to do anything additional? Do I need to also go into android Chrome itself and do this...

Open the Chrome app hit the 3 dots on the top right, go to settings, then "Privacy and security". Then open "Use secure DNS" (was one of the last options for me), and enable "Use secure DNS". Click the "Choose another provider" option, select the "Custom" option from the drop menu, and where is says "Provider URL" enter the following without quotations "https://dns.adguard.com/dns-query".

Is that also needed in addition to what I originally did? Is https://dns.adguard.com/dns-query the right address or is the right one DNS-over-HTTPS: https://dns.adguard-dns.com/dns-query ??? Notice the differences in the URLs?

Or should Plain DNS be used?

Plain DNS

HiDefault servers

AdGuard DNS will block ads and trackers.

IPv4: 94.140.14.14

94.140.15.15

Any help is appreciated! I thank you!

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u/Paul65890 — 5 days ago

ISP, IPTV, privacy

Hi! I currently use PIA VPN.

My ISP has a TV service, but that TV service does not carry and will never carry some sports channels I need to watch. Because of this I have decided to look at IPTV services. I plan on cancelling my TV service to go with IPTV and wanted to know about privacy in this situation. How can I prevent my ISP from seeing that I'm using/connecting to a IPTV service? Would DNS over TLS in my router settings be of any help? Help with this is appreciated! Thank you!

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u/Paul65890 — 10 days ago