With no vpn, my internet speed was limited to 11.7mb/s, at least according to little snitch, but on proton vpn can reach up to 23mb/s. Weird huh. I can now watch 4k streams much easier. Anyway I don’t know why this is happening, or how frankly lmao.
With no vpn, my internet speed was limited to 11.7mb/s, at least according to little snitch, but on proton vpn can reach up to 23mb/s. Weird huh. I can now watch 4k streams much easier. Anyway I don’t know why this is happening, or how frankly lmao.
Is this just for video, or have you tested it through other methods like speedtest.net or big software updates?
Some ISPs will throttle video streaming using various methods, but through a VPN they will not be able to tell when something is video vs anything else.
You should probably also change your DNS server to something outside of your ISP’s control, ideally encrypted using either DoT (DNS over TLS) or DoH (DNS over HTTPS).
When using a VPN like Proton, I believe you are already using the VPNs DNS
Yes, sorry, I meant for when off VPN. When you’re on Proton VPN, it should use Proton’s DNS server by default.
Tracking and controlling DNS queries is one way ISPs can classify and direct traffic, so it’s possible that using encrypted DNS would help without using a VPN. Not really sure how common this is in practice.
It’s a good default to use something like DOH (DNS over HTTPS)
Since the content of the websites is encrypted, it only makes sense to also encrypt DNS as a baseline
OFC it’s not as comprehensive as a VPN or Tor, but is a sensible default for day to day stuff