Nederkoorn connected to VyprVPN and got a 3Mbps stream, which is what Netflix recommends for standard definition video. This is “about 10x the speed I was getting connecting directly via Verizon,” he wrote.
July 17, 2014Golden Frog, which makes VyprVPN, had made a pretty stunning observation. The company presents evidence that ISPs are subtly working to block users’ attempts to implement encryption, perhaps because it is data-intensive.
October 14, 2014Nederkoorn began using a virtual private network, or VPN, which could essentially act as a virtual ISP that would route the traffic he requested from Netflix through a different set of connections than the ones being used when he went through Verizon.
July 17, 2014As Net Neutrality debates swirl, privacy advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and VPN provider Golden Frog have gone public with a Federal Communications Commission filing that got more attention for accusations that Verizon FIOS customers were having their Netflix streaming service throttled back.
November 11, 2014The battles between Netflix and ISPs have been well documented. ISPs use Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) of unencrypted Internet connections to throttle Netflix speeds or intentionally cause interference with Netflix’s bandwidth providers.
January 14, 2016