VPN Users - Do You Prioritize Latency or Bandwidth? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by blixo@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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For those out there using VPN's to torrent, do you prioritize a lower latency over higher bandwidth or higher bandwidth over lower latency when selecting your server/region?

Bandwidth is pretty self explanatory but I'm not sure how latency impacts torrenting (mainly for seeding). If anyone can shed some light on this, I'd really appreciate the input!

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[-] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

I use a server with low latency when I'm just browsing the internet, watching YT videos, or playing a multiplayer game. When torrenting, I switch to a server with good bandwidth. Fortunately, I just recently started using a VPN that lets you sort servers by latency vs bandwidth, so I can easily switch back and forth depending on what I happen to be doing at the time.

In most cases I don't even need to do this though, since it's usually pretty easy to find a server that has both low latency and good bandwidth.