Think you don't need a VPN simply because you're not trying to mask your internet use? That's good. We're glad you're behaving yourself online and making what's become a treacherous place a teeny tiny bit safer for us all. Well done, you.
But there's much, much more to a VPN than hiding your online activity. Beyond the security boons of masking your personal data behind a virtual fog of war, a simple rerouting of your connection can help you swoosh-dodge common infrastructure hurdles that might otherwise drop your K/D and win rate. Will it be enough to keep your friends from quitting your weeks-long Minecraft session because of your flakey connection? IPVanish sure hopes so!
Ready to up your game? Seeking a greater challenge after conquering your region? If you're just too good at climbing in games like League of Legends and think you can stomach the ladder of a more decorated region, IPVanish can be a simple gateway into faraway servers housing better players.
That's because another major use of IPVanish is its ability to reroute your traffic through less congested ISP channels. You know - where your million-serving internet provider funnels your whole region's activity? That's no good for your game. IPVanish unlocks the potential to avoid the constrainted pipes of the average ISP route to the world wide web entirely, letting you dodge the intermittent blips that often come with it. Given they're based on boosted workload, these periods of spotty connection often kick in around the evening, when you want nothing more than to unwind with a stressful ladder climb without being sent back down to Gold League after a five-minute ISP blowout.
Need some new entertainment to watch as you play? With IPVanish, you might even be able to watch streaming libraries from other regions. That's a whole lot of extra value from the services you already pay for.
Just want the extra content without hopping into a match with the pros? IPVanish's Split tunneling feature can keep you gaming in one location while you stream as if you're in another. Spotted a game making it big abroad? You can even use IPVanish to test out some region-locked hits.
With 3,200+ servers scattered around over 150 different locations, one underperforming server won't spell the end of your competitive career. Thanks to a little help from IPVanish, you can switch tacts - and servers - with a single click, with no interruption to your connection while leaning on the WireGuard protocol to ensure your details stay hidden even as you hop from one location to the next. With unlimited bandwidth allowance as standard, there's no need to worry that you'll hit a limit and be disconnected in the heat of the moment, so there's virtually no risk of your account getting sniffed out and banned for being piloted by someone halfway around the world.
Not interested in going pro in a faraway region? IPVanish can still help in your day-to-day competitive grind and those casual matches you still can't stand to lose.
Whether you opt for simple traffic rerouting or jump to a more secure server a little closer to home, IPVanish can help keep your connection fast and free of intermittent and unexplainable blips, hitches, and spikes. Even if they're already few and far between, we all have stories about how a perfectly positioned shot was ruined by a latency spike. How about that time an opponent managed to clock your position behind a wall? If you can't see them, they can't see you… right? A little lag can say otherwise.
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So, if you're looking to ignite your competitive spirit - or simply secure your friend group from the dismay of a hardcore run abruptly ended by à lag spike on your end - look to IPVanish. A single click can help save you weeks of stalled progress on a spotty server's competitive ladder, or help you dodge your ISP's speed throttling and ancient infrastructure without digging into your router's convoluted network panel.