


Slower speeds to VPN servers located across the ocean are to be expected, but this steep of a drop in speeds while connected to the UK was disappointing customers expect better performance from servers in high-demand locations like the UK. With the VPN, my speeds dropped to an average of 152.34Mbps through IPVanish servers located in New York, the UK, France, Germany, Australia and Singapore.Īverage speeds through New York came out to 258.17Mbps, while speeds through the UK averaged 119.55Mbps. My overall speed without the VPN averaged 363.64 megabits per second. This time around, the average speed loss was 58%, compared with the previous 65%.

Overall, IPVanish's average speed performance improved somewhat compared with the previous round of tests conducted by CNET's Rae Hodge in her 2021 IPVanish review. I completed the latest round of IPVanish speed tests in March from my location in Ohio using the OpenVPN protocol. Number of server locations: 75-plus locations across 52 countries.If you're interested in VPNs but aren't sure where to begin, IPVanish is a good starting point. Otherwise, IPVanish offers an impressive service, especially for newer users looking for general online privacy. If you're a whistleblower or dissident, or if you want to use a VPN to evade censorship in a country where VPNs are banned or illegal, you should look elsewhere. IPVanish is a great option for beginners and casual VPN users, but I do not recommend it for critical VPN use because of several issues I found. Buggy features with platform limitations.IPVanish identified during DNS leak tests.
