Hide My Ass! VPN Review
2012 Editors' Choice Winner |
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Hide My Ass is a leading personal VPN service. Offering over 28,500 IP's across 250 VPN servers in 45 different countries. With unlimited, uncapped VPN access for $11.52 a month, $50 for 6 months or or $78 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 servers 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 250 VPN servers across 45 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! PPTP / OpenVPN Servers:
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United States - Phoenix (2), Los Angeles (8), Orange County (2), San Diego (2), Denver, Tampa (2), Atlanta (2), Chicago (5),Kansas City (2), Las Vegas (3), Clifton (2), Albany, Manhattan (4), Portland (2), Scranton (2), Dallas (3), Ashburn (2), Washington DC and Seattle (2).
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Canada - Montreal (7).
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United Kingdom - Maindenhead (5), London (3) and Manchester (3).
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Netherlands - Amsterdam (3), Rotterdam
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Germany - Nuremberg (2), Dusseldorf, Frankfurt
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Additional countries - Australia, Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jakarta, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxenburg, Malaysia, Moldova, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, 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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Baseline speed test - before connecting to HMA Pro VPN we tested our Internet speed and found it to be 40.68 Mbps download and 1.63 Mbps upstream.
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Hide My Ass speed test - after connecting to HMA's Asheville server we tested our Internet speed again and found it to be 27.87 Mbps download and 1.39 Mbps upstream.
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Testing outside the US - we also tested a connection to one of HMA's German VPN servers and our Internet speed was 19.42 Mbps download and 1.13 Mbps upstream.
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Conclusion - Hide My Ass is the fastest VPN service we've tested. Note: you can expect any VPN to slow your connection some as the traffic is being encrypted.
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 & Coupon Code
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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, $50.66 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.