Private Internet Access

I have read many reviews and I agree with majority of those reviews they are inexperienced the employees are not properly trained at all most of them cheat on their test give each other answers just to pass and get the title. When it comes to preparing a tax return they are clueless. They should not be classified as tax professionals which are no where near that! Their a joke to be testing for nothing. It's unethical to hire people like that. I hate to have someone like that handle my monies. Some of them are also felons and do not let anyone know bad company to do business with. Who can you complain too when the Corporate Office is aware of this and won't do anything about it so it doesn't make a difference to call you can never talk to a person who cares or who will do anything. So anyone who has had a bad experience with H&R Block I agree with what your expressing

I have an e-commerce site and needed some vpn services. I already has goldenfrog, VyprVPN, and strong VPN, and I thought i would like to try privateinternetaccess.com advertised feature of complete anonymity when they would disconnect the internet if vpn connection is down. They advertised that the setup is easy. Completely false. That feature does not work. I had gone thru like literally 10 hours of tech supports, and it is the worst experience i ever had to go thru. The bandwidth is bad, the connections are not reliable. They had me go inside my pc, and did the port change, and all the other tech stuffs, and the connection is still really really bad. I would go to a public wifi and their service would stop working. I have to turned their service off and switched my other vpn service back on to get my wifi connection to work. PLEASE DO NOT EVEN TRY THIS SERVICE.

First and foremost, if you value privacy and need security, PIA may not be your best choice. PIA is based in the USA and at any time, the government can invoke the patriot act and monitor what you do. And, yes the NSA has ways of tracking you and what you do. Not directly, but indirectly. Once upon a time, PIA did keep logs for "product improvement," but has since stopped... or so they say.

Personally, I like PIA for the service. The connections are fast, the customer service is average, the security is somewhat questionable, and the pricing is more than reasonable. I always worry about companies that offer rock bottom prices to attract business. A company's reputation should be the main factor in attracting business. For the average person that just likes to keep their lives a bit more private, PIA fits the bill for the most part.
Two minor annoyances... Until recently, the iPhone app was useless. It would always error out and say the internet was unreachable. I'm told this changed, but I wouldn't know at this point. Second... there are far too many sites that block PIA's IP addresses. You'll know because you'll get a 5004 or "403 Forbidden" error on your screen stating that the site has blocked your IP address. Also, Netflix, Amazon prime video, iPlayer are all blocked. I have not found a location that would allow you to access these sites and watch videos.

I have used PIA for years now and they have been constantly making improvements and investing in the software/hardware to improve their service. It has always been a great privacy centered company, but now their software is getting much better. I have been please with them for a while and haven't even bothered checking out other recently. Why fix what isn't broken.

Their prices are extremely reasonable for the service your getting and their customer support has always been top notch and personalized. They even have MFA to protect your PIA account!

Overall their server speeds might not be the fastest but their are plenty of options and they are now including proxy service with it.

I tried Private internet access because I saw it on a groupon and because I saw it won PC mag editors choice award. It works well and seems a little easier to use than others. I do think it slows down my connection sometimes so I only use it at cafes and public places.