Do you use a VPN? I downloaded a random movie a few years ago and got the email from my cable company stating something along the lines of "we recently notice a download of blah blah blah was detected on our network. Please call to re activate your Internet". So I called and told them "I just got my son a computer I didn't know you could download movies"

But laying for a VPN will cost as much as a streaming service and it's so slow. And I guarantee sooner or later VPNs won't even work in a few years (meaning your ip could be backtracked to the original computer)

[–] butter@midwest.social 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The best, most reputable VPN, Mullvad costs $5 USD. Plenty are cheaper than that if you pay in advance for a few years.

The cheapest streaming service will roughly double that.

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

How fast is it?

[–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

When I had Mulkvad my speed test would go from about 335mbit to like 327mbit when connected to a somewhat close server.

Connected to servers across the ocean it'd be like 310.

They got a money-back guarantee if you don't pay with something completely anonymous like cash in the mail.

[–] butter@midwest.social 1 points 6 hours ago

Never ran a speedtest. Fast enough