I’m a total noob about VPNs, but I’d like to beat my service provider’s data throttling. I need to do a lot of downloading and uploading of large files, and am running into my deadline, but I don’t have any disposable income to put into a paid VPN. Do Y’all have suggestions?

For people telling me to pay for one; if I had the money I would have just done that and wouldn’t have needed to ask. But as it stands, I can barely make enough money to feed myself, it’s pretty hard to justify the cost of a decent VPN (even if it seems cheap to you). I don’t really care about privacy or companies selling my data, I just want to upload what needs to be uploaded in a timely manner, as it’s already taken three days of shit internet, and it’s still 22% done.

  • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml
    91·
    4 years ago

    https://backplanedns.org OpenVPN based ones and the Riseup one.

    Even if you cannot maintain yourself giving money in a continued sense, I recommend you to donate whenever you can. Even if you must avoid getting sweets or a pizza for a day for it.

      • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml
        1·
        4 years ago

        You can use both on both platforms too. I mean, OpenVPN ones on GNU/Linux and Riseup on MS Windows.

    • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mlM
      32·
      4 years ago

      This, and if your goal is only geoblock bypassing and not wanting anonymity, please use Windscribe VPN addon (with throwaway temp email for 10GB/mo) over the above essential/critical free resources. Windscribe offers 20-30 country servers for free and can be used safely for watching Netflix, anime shows and accessing torrent sites.

      RiseUp works hard to do what it does, and only 89 donators help donate and run it. Please do not waste their resources if you just want mere geoblock bypassing. Donate to them.

    • Seabourne_Plays@lemmy.mlOP
      11·
      4 years ago

      This is one of few answers that’s actually helpful, thank you.

      I couldn’t quite understand the site you provided though, I couldn’t find a download link. That could just be me being blind, I’ve decided to go with Windscribe because I’ve used it before, but I’d much rather use something else.

        • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml
          2·
          4 years ago

          Thank you for pointing.

          I want address them to the possibility of the GUI integrations in NetworkManager in KDE and GNOME if he used GNU/Linux as well as configure the CLI client to start with a config file or the OpenVPN client in other OS.

      • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml
        1·
        4 years ago

        The first is knowing your operating system to adapt a little tutorial.

        BackplaneDNS needs OpenVPN client and Riseup VPN has its own one I will link in a little.