FastestVPN: A VPN with an affordable lifetime subscription
PCWorld|March 2023
It's probably not the fastest, but that's OK
By Sam Singleton
FastestVPN: A VPN with an affordable lifetime subscription

FastestVPN’s name says it all: It aims to be the fastest VPN service around. It’s no easy feat to lead with a superlative like that and back it up. FastestVPN (fave.co/3xGjgc2) strives to be a top VPN and, at least on the surface, it makes a persuasive case for itself.

The company is based in the Cayman Islands, which bodes well for privacy and security. The service also offers a solid premium feature set, with 10 simultaneous connections, P2P optimized servers, no logs, and stated promises to unblock region locks on most of the top streaming platforms.

FEATURES AND SERVICES

Since the time of our last review, FastestVPN has once again upgraded the design of its application to make it simpler and easier to use across devices. Upon first opening the application in Windows, you’ll find a list of countries you can connect to in the main screen, making it easy to get started right away. Off to the right you’ll find the FastestVPN trademark lightning-bolt button to connect, along with basic info about the connection (IP address and server location). In the top right you’ll have three buttons for the home screen, account information, and settings.

The settings screen is similar to what we’ve seen in previous versions of the app. Here you can switch your VPN protocol between IKEv2, TCP, UDP, and Auto. The Auto protocol option is new and when chosen will theoretically give you the best protocol among the other three according to your given tasks.

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