jad594 wroteSalutations geeks,
Recently I have been wondering around the forums and I found a couple of posts whereby people have used a "VPN" to increase their internet speed. My house in the mountains has a "2" Mb/s dsl subscription with IDM but with two kids, my wife, and myself on the same connection, it is a complete disaster.
I was wondering if somebody can explain/assist me in utilizing a "VPN" by answering these questions:
1) In simplistic terms, what is a VPN?
2) Can anyone gain access to a VPN?
3) How can I download a VPN?
4) Is it illegal or unethical (although most ISP's in Lebanon are unethical with their false promises/advertising)?
Thank you very much,
Jad
A VPN is a virtual private network.
In plain terms, instead of You -> Your ISP -> Google.com, it will be You -> Your ISP -> VPN -> Google.com.
This only helps if your ISP is throttling Google.com in this case.
If your ISP is throttling torrents for example, this bypasses the throttling.
Otherwise there is no speed benefit. You won't get higher than your 2Mbit/second.