Edit: thank everyone for the useful info and advice! More info or advice always welcome.
Dear fellow sailors who use VPN for torrenting: which country or countries do you prefer as exit points, and why?
I remember some posts around the net from years ago suggesting Spain. But I’ve also seen Switzerland recommended.
Cheers and sail safely!
Depends on your entry point. If youre in a country, don’t use that country. I you’re in EU, don’t use EU.
Partly depends on the service you’re using, but short version is use the closest connection you can that isn’t in the EU.
Depends where your peers are. The majority of mine is in the Netherlands, so that’s my go-to option.
From a performance point of view the closest location to your entry is the best. Legally speaking other comments pointed out problems to that. I would recommend you do Speedtest in any case regardless of exit point to check your VPN setup.
both download(easy just grab a current Linux ISO like actually) and UPLOAD as well by creating a public torrent that you can download with your home connection/other server/vps
NL was recommended to me as well as an alternative to Switzerland. They have a bit better speeds to me but otherwise I’d like to hear of any rebuttals from those with more knowledge.
