I tried out Opera’s VPN for the first time and was really disappointed with the speeds I was getting. A file that took me less than a minute (1GB) on another browser took me over 7 hours on Opera. Is that usual for Opera’s VPN? Is it only good for smaller files or to access sites blocked in your country? I also have my own paid VPN and the speeds there are always as good as without it.
It’s a free proxy. You get what you pay for.
It’s not just a free proxy. It’s a dedicated free proxy. It’s not same as wild and nameless free public proxy servers which are relatively slower and less reliable.
Why even include it as part of Opera if it doesn’t offer any acceptable speeds?
It’s not just a free proxy. It’s a dedicated free proxy.
That’s just another way of saying that it’s a free proxy.
The fact that it’s a dedicated doesn’t change the economics of running a proxy service.
Its quite true about the term of dedicated proxy. I have recently researched on it and it says to have a strong encryption of 256-bit encryption ( for a proxy ). I am using it well enough and quite happy with the ease of use - within Opera browser.
It offers acceptable speeds for lots of use cases. It’s not intended for downloading large files, it’s a free proxy.
You should get a VPN subscription if you need high amounts of bandwidth.
I already have a VPN that offers high speeds and great reliability. I was just curious why the native Opera VPN was so slow.
Because there are many users trying to get a slice of the tasty cake, and it’ll only get worse as it draws in more users, because Opera can’t upgrade their “VPN” network bandwidth due to lack of income.
Services tend to get slower and slower unless they have the funds to increase their performance to keep up with the increasing demands. Opera “VPN” is initially quite fast (for a free proxy server). Around 300 to 500 KBytes/sec. Now… not so much.