PIA offers dedicated IPs in Australia, Canada, Germany, Singapore, UK and US. That's less than half the price of CyberGhost ($4.29) and HideMyAss ($4.99), and less than a third of the price charged by Hotspot Shield ($7.99). The annual plan is cheaper than most at a low $3.33 a month, but opt for the three-year plan and this drops to just $2.03 ($2.19 on renewal). The Private Internet Access monthly plan is fair value at $9.95. Private Internet Access provides a range of payment methods (Image credit: Private Internet Access) Private Internet Access pricing
The desktop now automatically measures and selects the real MTU value after connecting, for instance, a technical tweak which could make a big difference to connection speed and reliability.
The Android app has been certified by the ioXt Alliance, verifying that it complies with standards in areas like cryptography, software verification and updates.Ī capable command line app for Windows, Linux and Mac enables automating VPN operations from scripts.Īpp updates are mostly about fixing bugs and making smaller incremental changes, but some could still have far-reaching effects.
This isn't as powerful as a VPN – there's no encryption, it doesn't change your IP address – but you can use it on devices like Smart TVs, games consoles, and many others which don't support running PIA's apps. PIA now supports Smart DNS, a handy technology which provides a quick and easy way of unblocking some websites.
PIA offers plenty of server locations, as well as Smart DNS tech (Image credit: Private Internet Access) Recent additions