A Virtual Private Network, or VPN, is a tool to enhance privacy and security online. It works by heavily encrypting your data whilst also providing a bridge, commonly known as a VPN gateway, between you and the rest of the world. This keeps your unique IP address location information private whilst interacting with the rest of the internet.

A VPN can and should be used for many things. Different people have different needs but common uses are to hide your real IP address to browse and use apps for security and with additional privacy. This protects you from a number of digital and real life threats, ranging from stopping hackers from infiltrating your devices, to keeping financial data private when you shop online. However, there are numerous other use-cases. Please visit our How to use a VPN section for more examples.

There is currently no limitations on what you can access with NodeVPN. Due to the way our protocol masks your traffic as a regular user, services are unable to identify or block NodeVPN users.You can access all your favourite streaming services and social media platforms and new sites, or play your favourite game. And by changing your location, you will have access to an even greater choice of content.

No. A good VPN gateway that is both close to you geographically and hosted at major internet hubs should not cause any noticeable difference in speed or functionality. However, if you are choosing gateways in some far off distant land, and they are not hosted at major international datacenters, then you should expect some noticeable reduction in speed. Also, gateways can only serve an amount of traffic within it’s limitations. At NodeVPN we only use the fastest major international hubs and never overload our infrastructure, scaling where required as our userbase increases in each region.