That seems most likely. On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps the VPN provider rate limits to 4M? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Saturday, December 31, 2016 1:21:28 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] typical speed using a VPN service? > > I have a paranoid customer who does everything through a VPN service. His > download traffic graphs have been pegged at exactly 4M as if I had a 4M > queue on him but actually it’s set to 13M for a 12M speed tier. Today his > traffic doubled to 8M and I see the number of TCP flows has doubled, 2 > different IPs, both in the UK. > > > > I can think of several factors that could explain the limited throughput, > including CPU horsepower if he is doing the encryption in software on his > computer or mobile device. But it seems strange that it goes in increments > of 4M. > > > > Could this just be the inevitable result of using a VPN server in the UK? > What is typical VPN throughput to a server 100 ms away? I don’t have a > frame of reference, but 4 Mbps seems kind of low. > >
