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Here's a quick review of the VPN service provided by IPREDator. Updated: 16 December 2011
Website: https://www.ipredator.se/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPREDator
Some general information:
Some words of warning:
Payment
In 2009 there was only one option for me to pay for the service, and that was with AlertPay (https://www.alertpay.com/).
The statement on my bank account looked something like this:
Quote:

As soon as I submited my payment with AlertPay, I was redirected back to ipredator.se, and with my service immediately available.
IP address
The images below show an example IP address that you will have when you start your VPN tunnel with Ipredator.
This below image shows an example IP address if you disconnect and reconnect. As you can see, each time you connect to IPREDator, a new, random IP address is given to you, and you keep it for as long as you are connected to IPREDator. I rarely lose connection with Ipredator, as I can go days at a time while using the same IP address.
Speed test (via SpeedTest.net)
Depending where you are in the world, and your throughput via your Internet Service Provider, your speeds with the Ipredator service will vary greatly. Below is one example speed test. This benchmark is from Seattle, WA to Malmo Sweden.

Here is a speed test from Seattle, WA, through Ipredator in Sweden, and back to Seattle, WA:

Download performance
Here's some torrent action. The above speed test results do not match up with the obvious performance: 4.8 MB /sec download

Cheers!
Website: https://www.ipredator.se/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPREDator
Some general information:
- Here is some good, general information about why using a VPN is a good idea: Top 5 Reasons to Use a VPN Account (http://www.gotrusted.com/top-5-reasons-vpn.php)
- Here are a couple of good articles explaining how this specific service came about: IPREDator, the Terrifyingly Awesome Privacy Tool Prepares to Launch (https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ipredator_the_terrifyingly_awesome_privacy_tool.php) and Pirate Bay Announces IPREDATOR Global Anonymity Service (https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-announces-ipredator-global-anonymity-service-090323/).
Some words of warning:
- Ipredator, since launch, has only supported the PPTP protocol. In the future it is supposed to support OpenVPN. Please review the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-t...eling_Protocol). PPTP is one type of VPN technology, and it is not the strongest. It is very easy to setup and use. It is highly recommended that you use a strong password. Currently I am using a 32-bit random password with numbers, upper/lower case letters and special characters. I strongly suggest the use of PC Tools: Secure Password Generator (http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/) for creating your password. Whatever password you create when you sign up for your IPREDator account is the password that you will use when starting up your tunnel. You can change your password once you create your account.
- VPN "tunnels" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network) bypass the devices between your computer and IPREDator's servers. (Unless of course you are using a different VPN service, in which case it will be between your computer and their servers). Because of this, the protections (SPI, etc - http://www.overclock.net/networking-...all-guide.html) that your firewall normally takes care of DOES NOT APPLY to the traffic that is encrypted.
Payment
In 2009 there was only one option for me to pay for the service, and that was with AlertPay (https://www.alertpay.com/).
The statement on my bank account looked something like this:
Quote:
But as of December 2011, you have all of these options:AlertPay 021-703-4830
As soon as I submited my payment with AlertPay, I was redirected back to ipredator.se, and with my service immediately available.
IP address
The images below show an example IP address that you will have when you start your VPN tunnel with Ipredator.

This below image shows an example IP address if you disconnect and reconnect. As you can see, each time you connect to IPREDator, a new, random IP address is given to you, and you keep it for as long as you are connected to IPREDator. I rarely lose connection with Ipredator, as I can go days at a time while using the same IP address.

Speed test (via SpeedTest.net)
Depending where you are in the world, and your throughput via your Internet Service Provider, your speeds with the Ipredator service will vary greatly. Below is one example speed test. This benchmark is from Seattle, WA to Malmo Sweden.
Here is a speed test from Seattle, WA, through Ipredator in Sweden, and back to Seattle, WA:
Download performance
Here's some torrent action. The above speed test results do not match up with the obvious performance: 4.8 MB /sec download
Cheers!