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What is the best VPN to use for travel

Hi, what does everyone think is the best Virtual Personal Network service to use while travelling international and long-term? Most of my communications aren't sensitive or need a VPN, so I am only interested in using a VPN when doing things online like banking especially when connected to public WiFi. Any suggestions, there seems to many and most aren't cheap. Thanks, Joe.

I did a lot of research on this topic and PrivateInternetAccess is the most consistently top-rated VPN. I've been using them for about two years and haven't had a single complaint.

I researched this recently and ended up going with Private Internet Access. It's quite cheap at $6.95 a month. Depends on why you want it, though. Protection at internet cafes for your passwords? I think Hide My Ass has a free version that will do this for you. Watching U.S. based services? Paid VPN service for sure - all the free ones use a small enough # of IP addresses that the companies like Netflix, Hulu, Comedy Central, etc. easily block known VPNs.

Hope that helps!