Being pushed for a technologically illiterate ex headteacher as usual.

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    10 months ago

    Certainly not. When I tried free Proton I could get up to 600Mbps. That is very usable.

    Furthermore, some can be purchased via other methods like cash (Mullvad, IVPN, Proton). I am sure they can buy postage stamps and send mail.

    And Mullvad vouchers are also sold physically in few stores based on their website, though only in Sweden (Inet, Webhallen) and Germany (ProxyStore).

    Lastly, kids can also have their own debit cards too, or just steal their parent’s. OR, there’s stuff like Visa gift cards.

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      10 months ago

      When I tried free Proton I could get up to 600Mbps.

      It should be noted for everyone else that this is very likely bullshit, and even if it’s not, your speeds depend entirely upon how full the server is and won’t be that fast most of the time. Proton’s free tier is known for being absolute garbage most of the time, bordering on unusable.

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        10 months ago


        Tested with SANET (Slovak academic network).

        It’s an old result, tried with exit IP 89.187.164.251.

        I tried to search it up, it is shown in one list of ProtonVPN addresses on Google, but the GitHub site gives 404.

        Edit: Wireguard, I should add.