I’m traveling outside of USA & I need to access web sites that won’t do business with me via their website unless I’m in USA.
I’m a non-techie; if I have a VPN as part of my plan, is it fully transparent & I have to do nothing? Does a VPN work if I’m connected to wifi?
The VPN is part of all Google Fi’s plan and works while you are on WiFi, but it only works in certain countries.
Usually roaming overseas, you are assigned a US IP address and your traffic is routed back to the US first, making it appear as if you’re in the US for these purposes.
Otherwise (especially on Wi-Fi), you will need a standalone VPN service. The Fi VPN specifically doesn’t route your traffic through the US- it routes it to the closest Google servers to your location
Wow, not even all countries in the EU!
You might need a 3rd party VPN depending on location… Or have a dedicated machine at home in the US to remote to and let that be the connection point.
Thanks for quick answer!
Is there a list of countries? All of Europe, Central & South America, Mexico?
Incorrect. Fi VPN only has servers is the US from my experience.
Used in Switzerland and France and it still routed me back to the states.
If I subscribe to a VPN, that service might conflict with Google Fi…or bog down speeds?
There’s a thread on GoogleFi about 3rd party VPN’s (pros & cons); states 3rd party VPN’s reduce speeds by 2/3rds.
Is there a list of countries?
It is in the link I posted.
If you were roaming on mobile data that’s expected behavior. If you were connected to wifi, it should have routed your traffic locally. The google VPN documentation is pretty explicit that it won’t bypass location blocks.
Just turn off the one you’re not using
I used Express VPN while in Cyprus. I had not issues, probably better to use it on Wifi if you can but it worked fine.
Oh weird. I used it on hotel wifi in Switzerland and got a US IP.