What's Changed?
Our VPN 0.11 test bench is a minor update that adds a port forwarding test to the downloads section of the review.
The score for the downloads section now comprises whether the VPN supports torrenting and port forwarding, and whether there's a monthly data limit.
We've also updated the score components for the torrent usage, adding port forwarding.
Why Are We Making These Changes?
We've added a port forwarding test because we received a lot of community feedback about how important it is for torrenting. Without any open ports, you can only connect to peers with an open port. If you open a port using port forwarding, you can connect to peers with open or closed ports, making it much more effective for downloading torrents with few seeders and making you a much more efficient seeder.
Let us Know What You Think!
Your feedback is instrumental in improving our testing. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions about this or future updates, let us know in the comments or email us at feedback@rtings.com!
22 VPNs Updated
We have retested popular models. The test results for the following models have been converted to the new testing methodology. However, the text might be inconsistent with the new results.