Also you should put in mind that speed of connection does vary in between free and paid ones in terms of VPN. If there would be those kind of observations then this is something in connect with your real internet access and not on the site.
I could be wrong but as I understood, the speed of connection will depend on two factors, the real connection to the Internet and the VPN package we use. If the former one is low, the latter one can not fix or speed up the connection capacity. Correct me if I am wrong here.
The VPN package is to help us hide our real IP address, not to speed up the Internet connection. You are right about the difference between free and paid VPN packages
It is the other way around. If your internet is very fast, but your VPN is not then it could clog your internet speed. I used many free VPN services before and it slowed my internet to maybe 10% of what it is before, it was horrible. Now I am using Opera and it has in-built VPN and that way I get to go to any website I want without a worry.
Even bitcointalk is not allowed in my nation for some reason, no idea why that would be since bitcoin is fully legal and even exchanges are working with banks (for fiat depositing and withdrawing) and everything is supported by government as well. Hell even one minister has partnership with one exchange and that was an issue, it was said that "he couldn't make decision based on reality but based on his investment" like they never do that
. But, bitcointalk is still closed for our citizens, so VPN was very important for me. Use Opera and you will be just as fast as your internet connection.