Ask HN: Best Country to VPN Through

TL;DR: I need a cheap vpn server, resilient to occasional IP rights violation, with a sane ping from Moscow (Russia).

It is not intended for torrent downloading, but I have a huge family, and sometimes they're not coachable. Vultr already banned my account because somebody torrent-downloaded a disney movie. Hetzner cloud have an amazing offer in Helsinki, but being German, I'm afraid they can get copyright-angry very fast. So I'm looking for a country with good internet infrastructure and torrent resilience.

Traffic will be moderate. I think ~0.5TB across ~20 people.

PS: for an engaging anecdote (and to provide some context): my mom thinks that "facebook doesn't work without vpn", because about a half of mostly human-rights-activism posts that her friends share, are banned in Russia on domain level. And no, I can't talk her out of using fb, she has nothing to hide(

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yanhan569046480 7y ago ↗

Me too,i am in China.

nbabitskiy 7y ago ↗

If you don't have torrent problems, and can cope with a linux server, I recommend renting a vultr instance in Singapore. Install Outline[0], or Streisand[1] software. Beside the copyright anxiety they are awesome.

[0]: https://getoutline.org/en/home

[1]: https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand

yanhan569046480 7y ago ↗

Thanks very much.

Hetzner_OL 7y ago ↗

"Hetzner cloud have an amazing offer in Helsinki, but being German, I'm afraid they can get copyright-angry very fast." Yes, I would advise you to avoid us if you think you are likely to have DCMA issues. --Katie, Marketing, Hetzner Online

Hetzner_OL 7y ago ↗

"Hetzner cloud have an amazing offer in Helsinki, but being German, I'm afraid they can get copyright-angry very fast." -> Yes I would advise you to avoid using our services if you think you are likely to have these issues. --Katie, Marketing, Hetzner Online