IS VPN with problem now?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

When they return from the Holidays break, they may start working on getting VPN issues fixed.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

People is waiting for an answer, not just for "the solution".

"You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Thank you for acknowledging that there is a problem. Hopefully you are right and Opera will address and fix the problem; keeping in mind that the VPN is their competitive edge.

[gloewa]

gloewa @leocg last edited by

@leocg ok, thanks for the info!

Opera User since Version 3.x

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @gloewa last edited by

@gloewa What info?

[gloewa]

gloewa @leocg last edited by gloewa

@leocg
"When they return from the Holidays break, they may start working on getting VPN issues fixed."
Better than nothing

Opera User since Version 3.x

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @gloewa last edited by

@gloewa This is not an info. I was just pointing that they probably are on a end-of-the-year break and nothing would be solved before their return.

[A Former User]

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@fkvjktsk said in IS VPN with problem now?:

@leocg Thank you for acknowledging that there is a problem. Hopefully you are right and Opera will address and fix the problem; keeping in mind that the VPN is their competitive edge.

not completely accurate, while most of us are frustrated with the vpn opera's main value for me is the fact that opera opens far faster than either firefox or chrome, and the fact that opera doesn't get as bogged down anywhere near as bad as firefox and chrome can.

[jarhead38]

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In the U.S., when I use VPN and pick a site in the Americas and go to YouTube, why am I offered almost 90% Russian YouTube videos?

Is this normal?

Something I should be worried about?

Many thanks.

[A Former User]

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@chuchkyschild said in IS VPN with problem now?:

for me is the fact that opera opens far faster

It doesn't open "far faster" when the VPN is slow; it takes time to validate the VPN tunnel.

[A Former User]

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@fkvjktsk said in IS VPN with problem now?:

@chuchkyschild said in IS VPN with problem now?:

for me is the fact that opera opens far faster

It doesn't open "far faster" when the VPN is slow; it takes time to validate the VPN tunnel.

yes it does. from the time i click on the opera i can till the interface is open is at least 10 times faster than firefox or chrome. but you knew what i was referring to.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

This VPN slowdown was planned from get go when VPN first introduced. They want ppl to subscribe to the paid Opera version

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@rudrick There is no paid version.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

https://twitter.com/OperaVPN

One can subscribe to Opera Gold.

[A Former User]

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@rudrick said in IS VPN with problem now?:

This VPN slowdown was planned from get go when VPN first introduced. They want ppl to subscribe to the paid Opera version

as i said that's not going to happen.

[blackbird71]

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@rudrick said in IS VPN with problem now?:

https://twitter.com/OperaVPN

One can subscribe to Opera Gold.

Opera Gold refers to a paid upgrade version of an iOS/iPad app in Apple's App Store, offered by OSL Network Services Limited, which operates over Opera's former SurfEasy's VPN service:

This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
Seller: OSL Network Services Limited

From the business listing of OSL Network Services:

Osl Network Services Limited was set up on Monday the 22nd of February 2016. Their current address is Dublin 2, and the company status is Normal. The company's current directors Petter Lade and Roar Olbergsveen have been the director of 6 other Irish companies between them.

Registered Address:
Fitzwilliam Business Centre,
77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay,
Dublin 2, Ireland

It's unclear (to me) just how the paid app may have been affected, if at all, by Opera's sale of SurfEasy in September 2017.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

The VPN provided from this december 2017 update is very slow(all locations) .it's not even usable.hav planed for any fix on next update

[A Former User]

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Suddenly now when I use the Opera VPN feature and try to use Google, Google Ukraine always comes up...to get to Google US I have to turn off Opera's VPN feature and reboot google...what up with that?

[blackbird71]

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@moonz said in IS VPN with problem now?:

Suddenly now when I use the Opera VPN feature and try to use Google, Google Ukraine always comes up...to get to Google US I have to turn off Opera's VPN feature and reboot google...what up with that?

Google will auto-respond with a search portal version for the region associated with the IP of the server sending the search request to Google. If that server's IP is registered as Ukraine, then Google will respond with a Ukraine-locale search portal. It appears that one of the Opera VPN servers is registered as Ukraine and that is thus the locale sending the search request to Google. Some of the same things happened in Olde Opera days when using Opera's Turbo server.

[A Former User]

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How can the VPN be sooo much slower, it's like back on 56k.

Some of the 'VPN' addons however do work - and speed is similar to the old Opera VPN.

Maybe use that in the mean time? Or the Tor Button Addon...