Hide My Ass VPN Review
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Hide My Ass is a leading personal VPN service. Offering over 49,000 IP's across 408 VPN servers in 55 different countries. With unlimited, uncapped VPN access for $11.52 a month, $49.99 for 6 months or $78.66 a year. HMA supports OpenVPN, PPTP and L2TP protocols. With unlimited access to both via the HMA Pro VPN client. The user interface helps you easily switch server locations on the fly.
Hide My Ass VPN servers
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Hide My Ass supports multiple VPN technologies including OpenVPN, PPTP and L2TP. For those unfamiliar OpenVPN is more secure and great for connecting from PC, Mac or Linux. While PPTP extends compatibility to mobile devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android phones / tablets.
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HideMyAss offers 408 VPN servers across 55 different countries. Let's take a look at each type of VPN server HMA! has to offer. Remember you can switch locations and IP's on the fly.
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Hide My Ass VPN Servers:
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United States - Albany, Ashburn, Asheville, Atlanta, Chicago, Clifton, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Miami, New York City (Manhattan), Newark, Oklahoma City, Orange County, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Scranton, Seattle, South Bend, Washington DC.
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Canada - Montreal and Toronto.
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United Kingdom - Gosport, London, Maidenhead, Maidstone, Manchester.
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Netherlands - Amsterdam, Dronten, Rotterdam, Schiedam
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Additional countries - Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jakarta, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine. With even more locations coming soon.
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Hide My Ass iPhone, iPad, Android - connect to any HMA! PPTP server via IP address. All IP's listed in customer area.
Hide My Ass Performance Testing
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HMA US speed test - we tested Hide My Ass in several US cities and found their speeds to be better than most services. We were able to achieve 15.41 Mbps download speed in Atlanta.
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HMA UK speed test - connecting to the Hide My Ass London server from the US we were able to achieve speeds of 3.82 Mbps. Fast enough for us to stream video without any issues.
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HMA Canada speed test - we were able to achieve download speeds up to 8.59 Mbps connected to their Toronto server.
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Testing outside the US - performance for other areas of Europe and beyond were better than most VPN services.
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Conclusion - Hide My Ass is one of the faster VPN services we've tested. Note: you can expect any VPN to slow your connection some as the traffic is being encrypted. Take a look at our Hide My Ass speed test page for more results.
Hide My Ass VPN Compatibility
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As mentioned above HMA Pro VPN supports multiple technologies including OpenVPN, PPTP and L2TP. By doing so they offer support for a wide range of users.
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System compatibility - HMA Pro VPN supports Windows (7, Vista, XP), Mac OS X (Tiger, Leopard, Snow) and Linux.
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Mobile compatibility - HideMyAss supports iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices.
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Browser compatibility - HMA Pro VPN supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera.
HMA! Pro VPN Pricing & Special Offers
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The Hide My Ass Pro VPN service is currently offering special recurring discounts. Enjoy unlimited VPN for for $11.52 a month, $49.99 for 6 months and $78.66 for 12 months. That works out to just $6.55/mo. for a year of unlimited VPN access.
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Visit our Hide My Ass special page to learn more or visit our Hide My Ass sign up page and save during their special offer.
Conclusion
We enjoy Hide My Ass VPN both at home and while traveling on a regular basis. The HMA Pro VPN user interface makes it very simple to change VPN servers and update IP addresses. With OpenVPN, PPTP and L2TP, HMA lets you maximize protection while still supporting iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices. We highly recommend Hide My Ass and suggest you take advantage of their current specials.