Change my mind on what ? I still don ' t like them ? How is you buying them supposed to make me like them ? <| sep |> Anyone else annoyed with reading posts where people blame all of their problems on othersillnessetc ? Have you had to go through anything remotely similar to this ? I was diagnosed with an issue on my foot and couldn ' t walk without limping for months . The pain was unbearable and doctors simply prescribed baby ass ibuprofen . It honestly was shit and I ' m still trying to lose the weight from inactivity and stress during those months . I never complain about it or blame my failures on it , but I understand why someone would . <| sep |> I ' ve been using PIA for about 2 years and I ' ve encountered something similar to your issue before . After doing a fresh install of Windows 8 I installed the PIA client but something bugged out when it started installing the local TAP driver . Whatever it did , it slowed my speeds down tremendously and I couldn ' t fix it in any way . I ended up having to reformat the computer and try again and then it was working fine ever since . Maybe a bad install then ? I also use qBittorrent for my torrent client and in the advanced options I have qBittorrent only use Ethernet 2 interface so PIA has to be connected otherwise qBittorrent won ' t be able to connections . Or maybe it might be a location issue ? Have you reported your slow speeds to PIA ? Maybe it was something wrong with the local serverregion around you ? Might explain why it was effecting you and your friends if you all live near each other .