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Important announcement - we are removing virtual locations from the PureVPN service
Important announcement - we are removing virtual locations from the PureVPN service

PureVPN is removing virtual locations from its service, so customers will have fewer options for their VPN needs.

Updated over a month ago

Which virtual locations are being removed?

  • In total, we were offering 88 virtual locations.

  • We are removing 64 virtual locations.

  • We are retaining 24 virtual locations.

  • 17 locations is converted from a physical to a virtual location.

The decision is taken to improve your experience with PureVPN's service and provide you with an even more reliable service.

But first, what is a virtual server location?

A VPN server that assigns you the IP address of a country you have chosen to connect to, but the server itself is physically located in another country is called Virtual Server Location.

For example, Jordan is one of the Virtual Server Locations in the PureVPN network. When you connect to it, the IP address you are assigned is Jordan, but the VPN server is physically located in Egypt.

Why were we offering virtual locations?

We are focused on enriching the internet experience for our users. So, we are cautious about where our VPN servers are located. In some countries, it isn't easy to find a data center that meets our set standards for reliability, security, and high-speed internet bandwidth. Hence, virtual server locations allow us to offer such countries for our users to connect to.

So, why are we removing these locations?

We recently received feedback from our users that when they connect to our virtual locations, the IP address assigned to them is not of the country they connected to. Also, we are observing continuous user complaints about inconsistent speeds and network disconnection issues explicitly related to virtual locations.

The following virtual locations are removed:

Armenia

Guyana

Mauritius

Seychelles

Azerbaijan

Haiti

Mongolia

Slovenia

Belize

Honduras

Montenegro

Srilanka

Bosnia

Isle of Men

Montserrat

Suriname

Cambodia

Jamaica

Morocco

Syria

Cape Verde

Jordan

Myanmar

Tajikistan

Colombia

Kazakhstan

Nicaragua

Tanzania

Croatia

Kuwait

Niger

Trinidad and Tobago

Dominica

Kyrgyzstan

Pakistan

Tunisia

Dominican Republic

LAOS

Papua New Guinea

Turkmenistan

Ecuador

Lebanon

Paraguay

Turks and Caicos Island

El Salvador

Liechtenstein

Peru

Uruguay

Ethiopia

Macao

Qatar

Uzbekistan

Ghana

Madagascar

Saint Lucia

Venezuela

Grenada

Malta

Saudi Arabia

Yemen

Guatemala

Mauritania

Senegal

Kenya

The following virtual locations are retained:

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Aruba

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brunei

Cayman Islands

Egypt

Monaco

Oman

Panama

Puerto Rico

Vietnam

British Virgin Islands

Philippines

India Mumbai

Nigeria

China

Turkey

Sweden

Slovakia

Serbia

Romania

Latvia

Hungary

Greece

Bulgaria

Albania

Moldova

Luxembourg

Lithuania

Ireland

Czechia

Chile

United Arab Emirates

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