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Originally posted by Genorogers:

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Originally posted by BlackTalonJHP:
You'll probably run into a few sites that block some of PIA's IP addresses. I would test it out before buying a 1 or 2 year subscription.

This is true with Express VPN, a lot of sites I have to access with the VPN off.

BezosWorld.com did it when I had Nord...

FWIW, I had been using Nord on my iPhone for several years with no complaints whatsoever.

About a year ago, one day out of the blue, LOTS of apps just stopped working normally. Took me a few days to trace the problem to Nord, and I still don't know what it was, but functionality didn't return to normal until after I had UNINSTALLED Nord. It wasn't enough to just not use it.

Figured after a few iOS updates, maybe something had been fixed, so I reinstalled last month. Same thing. Had to uninstall again.

Still don't know why.

-Rob

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
Still don't know why.

As noted earlier in this thread, and in past threads discussing VPNs: Some sites block well-known VPN services. That's probably what happened to you.

Not sure how this all works but… ExpressVPN needs to refresh all their IP addresses instead of being banned across so many forums and platforms.

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Originally posted by SIGnified:
Not sure how this all works but… ExpressVPN needs to refresh all their IP addresses instead of being banned across so many forums and platforms.

Entities (people, companies, organizations, etc.) are assigned blocks of IP addresses based on demonstrated need and upon availability. Since the IPv4 address space is essentially exhausted--there are no more unused blocks to hand out, any new allocations have to come from allocations returned by others. That doesn't happen often enough to satisfy demand.

So VPN services are very limited in how much of that they can do. Plus: It wouldn't take long for entities that don't want people using VPNs with their services to identify new VPN IP blocks and block them.

I'm sure it will occur to somebody "Well, why can't the VPNs trade in their current IP blocks in exchange for fresh IP blocks?" To that I answer: Would you want to be assigned an IP block or address that is in blacklists the world over for having been associated with a VPN?

I certainly would not.

Meanwhile, the OP hasn't answered the question "What is your purpose?", posed over a week ago.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
Still don't know why.

As noted earlier in this thread, and in past threads discussing VPNs: Some sites block well-known VPN services. That's probably what happened to you.

Yeah, but no.

I'm not talking about inability to access a website because it rejects a known VPN IP address. I'm talking about actual apps losing functionality. And sure, it could be that their backend servers are rejecting the same library of IP addresses, BUT... that shouldn't be happening if the VPN is turned OFF and the IP address is a perfectly normal one coming from Verizon.

The fact that I have to UNINSTALL the VPN completely to regain functionality tells me it's something different.

-Rob