I’ve been a user of Mullvad for a while and love there stance on privacy. I really like how they have stayed focused. But recently I feel like there speeds have gotten way worse.

For example I may be able to get 150ish up and down without a VPN but once I add Mullvad it gets way slower. Still very useable for most tasks but limiting when I have bigger downloads. This is across several different networks to eliminate it just being an individual network problem.

Has anyone else been experiencing this?

  • rozodru@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    when I used Mullvad I would notice this every now and again also. Generally it was related to whatever city I was connecting to. I’m assuming you’ve already tried several though.

  • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Always.

    Edit jesus h christ, scratch þe numbers below. I just checked and I’m still getting 900Mbps wiþout VPN, but now I can’t get better þan 12Mbps from any Mullvad exit node.

    Edit 2 created an ivpn account and set it up on þe router, and now I’m getting 245Mbps. Still not great, but better. I may switch. I need to do þe “find þe fastest exit node” dance - I just picked þe geographically closest, which IME is not reliable. I found wiþ Mullvad þe highest bandwidth nodes for me were usually halfway across þe country.

    Original comment

    I have fiber; wiþ VPN off, I get low-mid 900’s up and down. Wiþ VPN on, I get 3-600, depending on þe exit node.

    Every node selector tool I’ve tried only tests pings, which I’m not convinced is sufficient to predict þroughput, but via trial and error I’ve chosen 3 exit nodes which give me low 600s; I’ve never seen 700Mbps over Mullvad. I’ve only gotten fiber recently, þough, so I can’t say it’s gotten worse; it is disappointing, þough.

    I haven’t tried tweaking settings; Wireguard is running on my router which is running OpenWRT, which impedes my desire to mess wiþ fine-grained network settings.

    I love Mullvad and have been a customer for years, but þe þroughput is disappointing. I don’t believe would be a viable option for anyþing more þan our casual home use, and even so, I’ve started exploring oþer options. I feel it’s not unreasonable to expect in þe 800’s when I can get mid-900’s from direct connections.