4 hours ago, David Mills said:

I chose the cheapest month-to-month plan for about $14

Jeez, I use Surfshark and it's $2.33 a month, $56 for 2 year plan

2 hours ago, Twenty6 said:

Jeez, I use Surfshark and it's $2.33 a month, $56 for 2 year plan

And after the 2 years? How much you have to pay then?

Paying monthly is in general the most expensive variant you can choose. I would use this for testing out and then I'm satisfied I can always choose another package (2 or 3 year contract are most common). Btw. your VPN provider is one of the better ones ...

Regarding bandwith:

Throttling is commom practice by ISP and as well as VPN. Not only because of the money, also because of overload the server bandwith/port. In case of VPN you can simply switch to another server, for your ISP you can't. Many VPNs offer an overview of the current utilization of their servers, but be sure that latency will not be a problem for you. But I don't know of any VPN provider that automatically switches to another server. You have to do it yourself. This, in turn, assumes that you have to constantly check your connection speed.

Be aware - using VPN can lower your normal internet speed at about 10 to 30%. This depends on many factors, but is mainly dependent on the connection, the connection protocols offered by the VPN and the server you use. Encryption is also a cause of this. 

Main criteria for the VPN provider you choose should be: Own server with RamDisk/GigPorts nearby your location and a sufficient number of servers anywhere else.If you are Netflix user or other streaming.... the VPN has to support it. Certified non protocolling might be important too.

Have fun in search.

Btw. yesterday I cancelled a contract with a VPN provider from the "north" (within the 30 days try and error period). In my country - 11 server, all at one location, all rented. Only one of them delivered satisfying down/upload rates (about 55% of ISP). Their highly acclaimed smart algorithm autoconnected me always to the crappiest server ..... with no overview of the current utilization (they do not offer it) you are going crazy.

Best regards

Detlef

I use map enhancement, it s free, and it work fine 🙂

Fingers crossed, but I haven’t had any server issues for 2 weeks now. No VPN and living in the Netherlands….

I have a mediocre 4G ISP (my ADSL is dreadful) I am tempted to go with Starlink. Anybody has it ?

Edited April 16, 20233 yr by Dominique_K

11 hours ago, Noel said:

Is there a way to monitor for down-throttling while using MSFS?  How far down does it need to get to before we will get the connection messages in MSFS?

Recommend "Traffic Monitor" on Github. Can be configured to run in the taskbar (older apps does not run in the taskbar Windows11 do to changes by Microsoft).

Best regards

Detlef

6 hours ago, GSalden said:

Fingers crossed, but I haven’t had any server issues for 2 weeks now. No VPN and living in the Netherlands….

Which provider are you using?

Also in the Netherlands but I cannot start MSFS at all unless I disconnect the network first. Started a week after SU12. I am using Ziggo.

27 minutes ago, orchestra_nl said:

Which provider are you using?

Also in the Netherlands but I cannot start MSFS at all unless I disconnect the network first. Started a week after SU12. I am using Ziggo.

Same as you. Ziggo 600mb connection. Based in Gorinchem…

Good info. Comcast has been a joke for years. Switched to Fiber in 2007. 

I hate to say this but I'm retiring soon and want to move from the DC metro area but I'm so used to great internet speeds from Verizon that I'm not sure what area can accommodate my reliance on fiber gigabit speeds.

Sad was looking at an 8 acre horse ranch in Buckeye, Wv.  Wonder if Mesa, AZ has quality internet. 

Glad you solved your issues. 

In Canada we are about to get into government internet censoring in a potentially big way. The way the bills are written there's currently no way to guess with any certainty what their targets will be.  I'm hoping the vpn works to prevent/circumvent  that. If I remember correctly Nord apparently has users in China who get past the country's censoring. Here's hoping there will be a work around here. I've given thought to musk's Starlink.

2 hours ago, dbw1 said:

In Canada we are about to get into government internet censoring in a potentially big way

It's not censorship. It's not a good bill bill, but it's not censorship.

Edited April 16, 20233 yr by Tuskin38

Don't shoot te messenger...
But is has nothing to do with your ISP is cutting you off.
That is not correct.

I can download with 100Mb/s the whole day and it will always be 100Mb/s.
Also TCPIP traces analyzed with Wireshark shows that when the low bandwidth is present we see many RST. (Look ik up with Google)
Also the streaming of Bingdata is not that much compared to 4K streaming or downloading with 100Mb/s

Also Asobo said it is a CDN issue.

 

P.S. Today with ExpressVPN on New York also bandwidth.
 

Edited April 16, 20233 yr by altenae

57 minutes ago, altenae said:

Also Asobo said it is a CDN issue.

If it is a CDN issue, it is within Microsoft's control to fix.. 😉

 

@Bert Pieke

Yes I know it's Microsoft!!!

But it was Asobo employee who said in the meting it's a CDN issue.  

Are.you trying to be a........

Edited April 16, 20233 yr by altenae

1 hour ago, altenae said:

 

@Bert Pieke

Yes I know it's Microsoft!!!

But it was Asobo employee who said in the meting it's a CDN issue.  

Are.you trying to be a........

Sorry if I am pointing out the obvious..

The debate has been if it is the ISP or the MS Azure CDN that is at fault..😉