![]() ![]() It is worth noting that viewers of US/UK-based streamed content from outside the US/UK may experience varying speeds, depending on what bandwidth they have and how far from the server they are. And, while we’re being honest, it just isn’t one of the best VPNs to use for Netflix.įrom many of the user reviews that we have seen of people flung across the planet sharing experiences about using TunnelBear, we can describe the streaming as spotty, at best, and unreliable in some cases. It could not unblock BBC iPlayer either so, if you are not in the UK or using a VPN that can access that library, none of that British goodness is coming to your screen. If you were looking forward to watching anything on Disney+, ESPN+ or ESPN, banish the thought, unless you get a VPN that can unblock those sites, because TunnelBear doesn’t. Still, users who require good upload speeds for file sharing, etc., may experience poor performance. Overall, from an end-user experience, general browsing and video streaming via TunnelBear provided a good experience. Some other VPN providers have an indicator within their software that shows the load on their servers, allowing the user to decide on what server to connect to for better performance.įor services such as YouTube and Netflix, both sites were accessible via the VPN and testing for 8k video streaming on YouTube was reasonably good for general viewing if the user didn’t mind 1-2 seconds of buffering for the 8k trade-off otherwise, 4k streaming had no buffering and provided a good view experience. Only one test out of 16 managed to get over 100Mbps, and the remaining were below 25Mbps for uploads.įurther tests were carried out from the London VPN endpoint to various locations around the world and the results showed the download speeds only dropping to 12% of the ISP speed to Phoenix, US but again upload speeds were dependent on location with the European tests near to London providing reasonable uploads but when upload to the US and South America uploads dropped as low as 0.07% of the ISP upload speed!Ĭompared to other VPN providers, TunnelBear does not allow the user to select servers or cities within countries to connect to this could mean that all users are using the same servers within the TunnelBear infrastructure, which could result in slower download\upload speeds due to loads on the server. The upload speeds, when connected to the VPN, were very poor, with speeds dropping to 0.6 – 11% of the ISP upload speed. For the download speeds, when connected to the VPN the download speeds dropped to between 6 – 25% of the ISPs speeds when not connected to the VPN, although out of the 16 speed tests carried out, 15 were closer to the 25%. Multiple speeds tests using VPN endpoints around the world were carried out using using the ‘best and fastest’ server closest to the VPN endpoint, and the results were interesting. These negative results align with TunnelBear’s ‘no DNS leaks’ claim on their website. Further tests were carried out using and a number of other online DNS leak testing tools, but none triggered any DNS leaks, which could indicate that the NameBench may be a false-positive. While performing the same tests when connected to the VPN, a DNS leak was found using the Google DNS leak software NameBench. Seems they just don't care about their customers.A number of DNS tests were carried out to check for DNS leaks before testing via the VPN and no DNS leaks were found. ![]() And, they haven't answered any of my questions posed via their help section of the app in order to help me improve my TunnelBear experience. ![]() So basically, I feel totally scammed by TunnelBear. Also, the speed of my internet has been so negatively impacted I can't download or stream effectively so I rarely use TunnelBear, meaning I can't access the US websites that I need a VPN in order to do so. TunnelBear has been unable to adapt to Netflix's new no-proxy policy so I can no longer access Netflix (which is banned/blocked by my internet provider). Whereas the free trial was fine, reviews great, and simple format were enough to influence my decision to sign up for a year with TunnelBear, in less than a month's time I feel as though I have wasted $50. After checking out various VPN's, reading reviews and trying a few free trials I decided to go with TunnelBear because it seemed like a trustworthy option to allow me to access sites not allowed in my country of residence and also to protect my privacy while online. ![]()
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