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19-07-2021 03:28 PM
Hello, I have fibre at home, windows 10 PC, currently getting 70-75 mbps.
I signed up to Norton 360 VPN - with VPN turned on I only get 36-38 mbps.
I'm waiting for their customer support to get back to me.
Just tried a trial of Avast VPN - getting the same 36-38 mbps.
I am expecting some slowdown using a VPN but this seems excessive.
Is there anything anyone can suggest?
24-07-2021 10:24 AM
Hi @alfienoakes ,
Intel ark suggests that's a perfectly reasonable processor. It's a few generations behind but has a high clock and encryption acceleration in its favour.
Things to check including that you observe the high clock rate and boost rate as you are testing your VPN speed.
Online sources suggest an overhead of 10% to 15% is reasonable.
One source talks through things you've probably already considered but dropping the encryption level should be a good sanity check. Unfortunately their speed comparison link is broken but there seem to be other useful things on their main page.
https://www.vpnuniversity.com/learn/vpn-speed
25-11-2021 12:48 PM
As I suspected, there is nothing wrong with my pc.
Switched provider to Now broadband, new router - can now get approx 68mbs with Norton and Windscribe and I suspect all the others.