Here is our first batch of June updates from our top VPN providers. ibVPN has server updates and an ongoing summer promo. HMA also has a summer promo and announces the HMA v3 app. IPVanish has new servers as well, and lands first place on Lifehacker Australia’s Top 5 VPNs List.
ibVPN Server Updates and Summer Promo
ibVPN has been busy in the past few months with maintenance activities to keep their VPN network in prime condition. We are glad to hear that they have now updated their VPN servers, replacing fifteen of them. Nine of the replaced servers are in the US. These are the Phoenix (us2.ibvpn.com), Dallas (us3.ibvpn.com), Seattle (us4.ibvpn.com), Los Angeles 1 (us5.ibvpn.com), Houston (us6.ibvpn.com), Chicago (us7.ibvpn.com), New York (us8.ibvpn.com), Miami (us10.ibvpn.com), and Denver (us13.ibvpn.com) servers. The remaining six replaced servers are in Europe. These are the Helsinki, Finland (fl1.ibvpn.com), Stockholm, Sweden (se3.ibvpn.com and se4.ibvpn.com), Paris, France (fr4.ibvpn.com), Manchester, United Kingdom (uk4.ibvpn.com) and London, United Kingdom (uk5.ibvpn.com) servers. ibVPN has also replaced three SmartDNS servers in Canada, France, and the Netherlands. There are also six new worldwide VPN servers. These are in Chicago, USA (us19.ibvpn.com), Los Angeles, USA (us17.ibvpn.com), Panama (pa2.ibvpn.com), Pune, India (in3.ibvpn.com), Tokyo, Japan (jp1.ibvpn.com), and London, UK (uk9.ibvpn.com and uk10.ibvpn.com).
The ibVPN free 6-hour trial is now available for any new customers who would like to test out the upgraded service. You do not need to give them a credit card to avail of this trial. You can also leave feedback for the ibVPN team on their blog for any suggestions you might have for their VPN servers or DNS network.
Summer is here, and that means big savings from ibVPN. This is a great deal since they have just finished with a huge VPN server upgrade. You can get an ibVPN plan for as low as $1.54 per month on an annual subscription if you act fast on this limited offer. Enjoy the use of over 90 Servers located in 41 countries all over the world for 69% off the regular price of ibVPN’s Standard VPN plan.
HMA Summer Promo and V3 Beta
Hide My Ass! Has also launched their Summer Special which offers new plans at up to 57% off. This means an HMA Pro! Plan at only $4.99 a month, but for a limited time. New customers can get these great savings on HMA Pro! Plans: $9.99 for the Kick-Ass one-month plan, $6.67 a month for the Half-Ass six-month plan, and $4.99 a month for the Smart-Ass twelve-month plan. There are also Big-Ass 2-year plans available at discounted prices. Existing customers who renew now can also avail of these great savings.
HMA has upgraded their Pro VPN app, and v3 is now out of beta testing and available for download from the Hide My Ass website. Several changes were included in this app version based on the feedback given by HMA users. The major overhaul features a more beautiful and faster interface. It is more user-friendly as well with updated touch compatibility. It also has a new favorites feature where users can choose their best servers and has organized the servers by city and country for easier searches. New language capabilities also offer automatic translations in French, German, Italian, and Spanish in addition to English.
IPVanish Server Updates and Top VPN Rating
IPVanish has added two new servers to their network of over 500 worldwide servers. The new servers are in Mumbai, India and Paris, France. Mumbai is a new location for this provider. This gives IPVanish users a choice of more than 40,000 unique IP addresses on secure top-tier VPN servers all over the world. IPVanish is calling on all subscribers to contact them with suggestions for new server locations that they would like to have in the future. IPVanish has not announced a sale for this summer season, but this Tier-1 no-logs VPN service is available at only $6.49 per month with the fastest VPN speeds, unlimited server switching, and no bandwidth caps.
Lifehacker Australia has published their Top Five VPN Service Providers list for 2016, and IPVanish grabbed the top spot on the list. The criteria that got them selected as the winner include the provider’s excellent support and the network’s top performance for mobile VPN. The provider’s work on support for other operating systems like Windows Phone and Ubuntu were also noted.
