Things you might have to give up by using a cheap VPN

So not all of us are stinking rich. And not all of us want to pay $20 a  month of an anonymous VPN service.  There are many cheap VPN services out there.  Some manage to provide quality at a low price, and others provide, well, what you would expect of anything cheap.  Here are some things you might have to give up by choosing a cheap VPN service.LocationSome of the pricier VPN services offer servers in locations across the world.  VPN packages include more than ten sever location, in The US, The UK, and other "free Internet" western countries.  Whatever your firewall restrictions are, and whatever content you want to access - its yours.  With a cheap VPN service, you may be limited to one country location - and it might be The Netherlands or Germany.  There's nothing wrong with those except that some people use a VPN service to get access to Hulu, Netflix, and BBC iPlayer from abroad.  However, if you're using P2P file sharing sites and want to hide your IP, the The Netherlands may be ideal, or you might not care.BandwidthMost of us won't use that much bandwidth. For normal surfing and video streaming, a couple gigs a month are more than enough.  However, for serious downloaded, the ten, twenty, or thirty gig limit may not be enough.  If you download or share more than a gigabyte of stuff per day, the bandwidth limitations on some lite accounts may stress you out.  However, users who can control this won't need to worry.  My first VPN service limited me to 10 gigs per month and from surfing and streaming video almost ever day, I rarely topped five or six.Length of SubscriptionWith most services, you'll find that you can save a few bucks a month if you sign up for longer.  Sometimes, you can cut the price by 50%.  The difference between a month an a year subscription can make the monthly payments cheaper, but do you need to use the VPN for that long? If you're using the VPN for travel or business abroad, it may not be practical to sign up for a whole year.ConclusionNot everyone has high standards, and not everyone downloads a million gigabytes or hacks government institutions in their free time.  For normal Internet users, very often, a cheap VPN service will suffice.  Most services come with a money back guarantee these days, so there's not much to worry about.