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Friendly tip if you are in the #Philippines and want to use mobile Internet.
Use a #VPN to make the connection faster.
Mobile Internet operators here in the Philippines are constantly monitoring connections, even #HTTPS / #SSL connections (see: https://im.youronly.one/techmagus/philippines-isp-hijack-connection-2021206/ ). It is causing a slowdown. Another thing they're doing is they're throttling mobile Internet connections.
If you use a VPN, they won't be able to monitor you, and they won't be able to throttle your connections. (Unless you consumed your daily limit, or the signal is bad.)
I personally recommend (in no particular order): #ExpressVPN #OVPN #ProtonVPN #Mullvad #VPNac
Note: VPN, by itself, will not increase your connection speed. The reason it gets faster is that your ISP is already throttling you and routing your connections through their monitoring software, but a VPN bypasses most, if not all, of those.
For example. If I am not connected to a VPN, everything is slow. SSL certificates are incorrect—but browsers can't detect that it's using the ISP's certificates. There are URLs / IP addresses that are either too slow or inaccessible (even though they are not questionable).
But when I am behind a VPN, everything is fast and smooth.
Another example. If I am not connected to a VPN when playing Guild Wars 2, there are parts of the game (like news and Trading Post / Auction House) that fails to load. But if I play through a VPN, it works.
Lastly, VPNs will provide you increased #privacy and #security. So, that's a plus.