Virtual Privacy Networks

[linuxuser3]

8. VPN shopping rules of thumb

Look for VPN services that are overseas in countries that respect/value/codify-into-law-(or human rights) user privacy (primarily E.U. nations these days)

Look for VPN service providers with a large number of servers in as many nations around the world as possible

Look for VPN services that advertise ability to handle a large amount of data traffic on their networks at peak traffic times

Look for VPN services that don't keep user traffic logs (or at worst, recycle those logs every 24 hours)

The least important criteria to shop for VPN service providers by is price. Keep that at the bottom of your list when evaluating VPN services. What's most important is uptime, service availability/quality under heavy traffic times, and user log personal privacy policies.

There are other more technical issues to consider shopping VPN service providers. This site explains more about the various pros/cons in the different VPN apps & protocols: https://thebestvpn.com/pptp-l2tp-openvpn-sstp-ikev2-protocols/

I prefer OpenVPN myself, as I've used it and it is extremely secure/robust/fast. And so I tend to shop for VPN service providers best fitting my rules of thumb criteria that support OpenVPN clients.