Technology is becoming so advanced that many people have found it hard to protect themselves when they surf around the cyber world. Hackers can find free software that they can download just by searching the worldwide web. That is the reason IT professionals have designed Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to allow users, like yourself, to be safe as they enter cyber space.

However, this is not the only reason VPNs were developed. Many governments have been limiting the websites that their residents or visitors to their country can view. Many, like China, do not even let people inside their country go on YouTube, MySpace or Facebook, as well as many news websites, like the BBC. VPNs can prevent the software these countries use to limit Internet viewership.

VPNs can also mask your location by changing the IP address granted by your ISP to one that is granted by the VPN service. This comes in handy when you need an IP from another country. For example, if you are outside the UK and want to watch the shows on BBC iPlayer, then you will need to change your IP from the country you are in to one inside the UK so you can access this website. The same is true if you want to view US, German, French or other EU countries GEO restricted sites.

Looking at the Right VPN

Looking for the right VPN requires some insight into what you need. If you are wanting to watch videos online, then you need a VPN that has a lot of bandwidth so while you are watching the video runs continually.

If you are traveling to a country that has strict censorship, then you need a VPN that has the right protocols. Many of these countries block the PPTP security most VPN providers use, so you will need a service that lets you go online with an SSL, L2TP or other more secure protocol.

You may want to access sites in your home country while you are traveling. This will require a VPN that gives you an IP inside your home country, whether it is the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain or another EU country. For this, you need a VPN that offers IP addresses inside your desired country so you can watch your local television, news or movie stations online.

Several other things you need to look for in the right VPN is cost, technical support availability, customer support ratings, ease of set up and whether it will connect to your device, whether it is an iPad, iPhone, Galaxy, gaming console, computer or laptop, as well as other devices that will let you go onto the worldwide web.

Looking at all of this can take time because there are so many VPN providers offering services online. There are free VPNs, expensive VPNs and reasonably priced VPNs. So looking for the righ one all depends on what you want to do over the Internet.

Choosing the Right VPN

Because it takes such a long time to choose the right VPN, we contacted all of our experts from everywhere in the world. We requested that each one of these experts track, review and use every VPN service and grade them on their quality of service. After conducting all this research, they came up with a list of the best five. Here is what they discovered were the best and offered everything you may need, no matter what you want to do or pay out while on the Internet.

Rank	Provider	Starting Price	MoneyBack	Visit Website
	ExpressVPN	$6.67/month	30 Days
2	VyprVPN	$14.95/month	7 Days
3	IPVanish	$10.00/month	7 Days
4	Hidemyass	$6.55/month	30 Days
5	StrongVPN	$21/ 3 Months	7 Days