High speed connection

The main fear when using a VPN is losing speed. Many users have faced the situation: VPN is on, sites open, but YouTube buffers, games lag, and video calls break up. RUSVPN solves this problem comprehensively — through protocol choice, server infrastructure optimization, and smart traffic routing.

Why ordinary VPNs are slow

Traditional VPN protocols (OpenVPN, L2TP) were created in an era when internet speed was measured in megabits. They use TCP transport with heavy encryption, which creates significant overhead. Add to this overloaded servers with thousands of users — and you get the typical slow VPN.

Speed technologies in RUSVPN

• WireGuard — shows 2-4x higher speed than OpenVPN in tests. Minimalist code means less encryption overhead.
• Hysteria 2 / QUIC — a UDP-based protocol developed by Google. Resistant to packet loss, which is especially important on unstable connections. Shows excellent results even at 30% packet loss.
• 1 Gbit/s servers — every RUSVPN server is connected to a channel with 1 Gbit/s capacity or higher.
• Load balancing — automatic distribution of users between servers prevents overload.

Real-world speed figures

When connected to the nearest server, typical figures:

• Download: 400-800 Mbit/s (on a 1 Gbit/s base channel)
• Upload: 300-600 Mbit/s
• Latency (ping): 20-50 ms to European servers
• For gaming: stable ping with no jitter

Speed under blocking conditions

In Russia and China, ISPs intentionally slow down VPN traffic — this is called "throttling." Roskomnadzor has been applying throttling to Twitter (now X) and other services since 2021, rather than full blocking.

RUSVPN counters throttling in several ways:

• Traffic obfuscation — traffic looks like ordinary HTTPS, the ISP can't identify it as VPN and apply throttling
• Port switching — using non-standard ports that ISPs don't throttle
• UDP instead of TCP — UDP-based protocols (Hysteria 2) are less susceptible to throttling

Speed for streaming

For comfortable video viewing you need stable speed:

• HD 1080p — from 5 Mbit/s
• 4K HDR — from 25 Mbit/s
• YouTube 4K — from 20 Mbit/s

RUSVPN provides enough speed for 4K streaming even when connecting to European servers from Russia. Our users watch Netflix, YouTube, and other services without buffering.

Speed for gaming

Online games require not only high speed but stable low ping. RUSVPN picks servers with minimal latency for your region. For Russian gamers playing on European servers, the typical ping through RUSVPN is 30-60 ms — quite comfortable for most games.