Evening all,
So I'm using the above VPN on my 4k Firestick. Speeds are a little on the slow side when connected especially when compared to what I manage to get when the VPN is turned off.
I'm on a BT fibre connection of around 60mbps. If I do a speediest on the Firestick with the VPN disconnected I get pretty close to this, around 50-55mbps. Once I connect the VPN the maximum I've manage to get is 21mbps. I have tried connecting to many different locations, the quickest of which are London, Spain and Netherlands. I have tried Manchester and Southampton which give similar speeds.
I have PIA installed on my phone and when I run a speedtest on this I get 60mbps whether I'm connected via VPN or not. I would expect to see this same performance/behaviour on the Firestick.
I briefly spoke to PIA's online support and to be honest they weren't particularly helpful. They admitted that they don't currently support the new generation of Firesticks but perhaps will in the future. They also rambled on about contention even when I said I'd ruled this out.
The Firestick is connected via WiFi to my router. I will look to cable this soon but as I'm able to achieve 50+mbps over WiFi I'm not sure if this is the issue.
Anyone else had this or can shed any light?
Cheers
So I'm using the above VPN on my 4k Firestick. Speeds are a little on the slow side when connected especially when compared to what I manage to get when the VPN is turned off.
I'm on a BT fibre connection of around 60mbps. If I do a speediest on the Firestick with the VPN disconnected I get pretty close to this, around 50-55mbps. Once I connect the VPN the maximum I've manage to get is 21mbps. I have tried connecting to many different locations, the quickest of which are London, Spain and Netherlands. I have tried Manchester and Southampton which give similar speeds.
I have PIA installed on my phone and when I run a speedtest on this I get 60mbps whether I'm connected via VPN or not. I would expect to see this same performance/behaviour on the Firestick.
I briefly spoke to PIA's online support and to be honest they weren't particularly helpful. They admitted that they don't currently support the new generation of Firesticks but perhaps will in the future. They also rambled on about contention even when I said I'd ruled this out.
The Firestick is connected via WiFi to my router. I will look to cable this soon but as I'm able to achieve 50+mbps over WiFi I'm not sure if this is the issue.
Anyone else had this or can shed any light?
Cheers