I read on some page that if you connect to OpenVPN and run a speed test you might be able to get a result that is faster than direct connection because of compression.
I'm running OpenVPN on a VPS on Vultr.com located in Sydney so to try out the "real" connection speed I was getting I tried to download one of their test files at
https://www.vultr.com/faq/#downloadspeedtests
I tried the Sydney hosted test file first and in chrome, it said the speeds I was getting was 1.2 MB/s to 1.3 MB/s consistently, I usually don't get above 1 MB/s downloading off a local server from Steam. When I tried other location test files, the speeds were less than 1 MB/s.
Does this mean that I am really downloading at speeds over my direct connection because of compression or is that just how high my connection is supposed to be?
Might be a dumb question but if it means that the speeds are faster does this also mean I can download files onto the VPS and download them onto my computer from the VPS more quickly?
