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    • gloewa
      gloewa @leocg last edited by

      @leocg ok, thanks for the info!

      Opera User since Version 3.x

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @gloewa last edited by

        @gloewa What info?

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        • 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 ๐Ÿ˜‰

          Opera User since Version 3.x

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          • 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.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User @Guest last edited by

              @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.

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              • jarhead38
                jarhead38 last edited by

                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.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @Guest last edited by

                  @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.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @Guest last edited by

                    @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.

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                    • 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 ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                        @rudrick There is no paid version.

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          https://twitter.com/OperaVPN

                          One can subscribe to Opera Gold.

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User @Guest last edited by

                            @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 ๐Ÿ˜ž

                            as i said that's not going to happen.

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                            • blackbird71
                              blackbird71 @Guest last edited by

                              @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.

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                The VPN provided from this december 2017 update is very slow(all locations) ๐Ÿ‘ฟ โ˜น .it's not even usable.hav planed for any fix on next update

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User last edited by

                                  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?

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                                  • blackbird71
                                    blackbird71 @Guest last edited by blackbird71

                                    @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.

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      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...

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                                      • zalex108
                                        zalex108 last edited by zalex108

                                        @blackbird71

                                        As far I've read on the blogs and understood, it should not happens.

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                                        Maybe it's related to the current and "problematic" change.

                                        @moonz

                                        You can try toggling that option to "reset it".

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

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                                        • blackbird71
                                          blackbird71 @Guest last edited by

                                          @rudrick said in IS VPN with problem now?:

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

                                          A lot depends on the VPN server in use, its software, and its data pipelines. Because a VPN has multiple users who are continually running traffic both ways, and because perhaps much of that traffic is video, the traffic load can be terrific if the VPN service is popular. If the server, its control software, and its pipelines aren't sufficient or fully optimized for the traffic burden, slowdowns are the typical result. If there aren't enough physical servers and data trunks to handle the load, things will bog down. Data over a given connection is broken down into discrete packets, and during overload, individual or multiple packets will be delayed - sometimes for long periods. Until the necessary packets arrive and can be properly reassembled, things simply pause or stop for brief periods. Since multiple packets are involved, the overall effect appears as "slowdown" in the apparent data rate, or even service unavailability.

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                                          • blackbird71
                                            blackbird71 @zalex108 last edited by

                                            @zalex108 said in IS VPN with problem now?:

                                            @blackbird71

                                            As far I've read on the blogs and understood, it should not happens.
                                            ...

                                            The questions are: is @moonx even using that setting; is the setting working if they are; and, as you noted, is there some other problem somehow related to the ongoing VPN issues.

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