VPN speeds are more about the encryption, authentication and handshake settings when it comes to speeds. If you only use encryption on the handshake, and no encryption or authentication, the speeds and pings are very good. Some more to read about settings on this site: https://www.privateinternetaccess.co...vpn-encryption
After reading this thread i tried some stuff, too and could decrease my ping to nearly its "normal" values.
Just check your hop-count with and without vpn and you'll see where the whole prob is.
However I'm still antagonizing the thought to pay for VPN just cause servers where moved to the land of unlimited surveillance eerrr freedom.
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My ping goes miraculously back to 64 bytes from 37.18.193.24: seq=7 ttl=51 time=135.601 ms. No ISP changes, no Hardware changes on my side and no VPN in use.
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That's typical, the Internet is an ever evolving maze of cables and routers and nodes and providers etc, ISPs are adjusting the routing constantly. So issues like this come and go. But obviously providers make an extra effort for businesses (VPNs being among them for obvious reasons) so those are likely to not be affected or at least much less. I have exactly the same provider at work and at home (and I live 1km from work), but I get completely different routing simply because: business offer vs consumer offer.
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Same at my place, ping reduced from ~250 to ~160 since 3 days.