Way to boost uploading speed on Internet Archive

ThatRandomToast · Unread post by **ThatRandomToast** » 21 Dec 2025, 06:19

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A SPONSORSHIP.

If you're far away from San Francisco, California, USA (where the Internet Archive server is located), the uploading speed is very slow.

A way to boost uploading speed to the Internet Archive is connecting to a VPN server located in California, which is close to the Internet Archive's location. I would recommend paid VPNs such as Proton VPN.

I have Proton VPN's Plus subscription. Tried connecting from Vietnam to a Proton VPN server in San Jose (which is close to the Internet Archive) and uploading a 4 GB file to another Internet Archive account, and that's much faster than without a VPN. Tried Los Angeles also, and the speed isn't much different from San Jose for me.

ThatRandomToast · Unread post by **ThatRandomToast** » 21 Dec 2025, 06:20

P.S. When I post this, the Internet Archive was down

YouTube · Unread post by **the_r3dacted** » 21 Dec 2025, 12:14

I discovered this too, I use Windscribe, and found this to be the case. However I had never thought to post it here.

Unread post by **Duke** » 23 Dec 2025, 14:29

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑21 Dec 2025, 12:14 I use Windscribe

I see Windscribe has a Firefox extension, but is it really free to use ? On their site they just say it requires a Windscribe account.
https://windscribe.com/knowledge-base/articles/getting-started-with-windscribe-on-firefox/

And on the extension page we can read:
"Free plan provides 10 GB of data per month (if you confirm your email address)"

Can it be used without the desktop program ?

YouTube · Unread post by **the_r3dacted** » 23 Dec 2025, 14:52

I forgot I mirrored something to archive.org and then I forgot to update it. I can test if browser extension works.

The-10-Pen · Unread post by **The-10-Pen** » 23 Dec 2025, 15:33

Duke wrote: ↑23 Dec 2025, 14:29 ... Windscribe ... but is it really free to use ? On their site they just say it requires a Windscribe account.

Can it be used without the desktop program ?

I've used it in the past. Only from within a VM.
It's been several years, but yeah, it did at least then require the desktop program.
Unless they finally caught on, "grr" email addresses are allowed as an "account".
ie, poplular "temporary" email address used for creating accounts like that and then the email "address" never accessed ever again.

YouTube · Unread post by **the_r3dacted** » 23 Dec 2025, 15:59

If I start the upload and then turn on the browser extension, it doesn't do anything. But if I start it and then start the upload, it appears to work. the speed is overall much higher, but the graph looks more sporadic.

Unread post by **Duke** » 23 Dec 2025, 23:25

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑23 Dec 2025, 15:33 it did at least then require the desktop program.

I see, thanks for the info

xperceniol_sal · Unread post by **xperceniol_sal** » 24 Dec 2025, 21:21

Unfortunately, that extension doesn't work with MyPal74

ThatRandomToast · Unread post by **ThatRandomToast** » 25 Dec 2025, 05:49

xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑24 Dec 2025, 21:21 Unfortunately, that extension doesn't work with MyPal74

The best way for long run is to subscribe to a VPN service and install its application to your device if you're running a supported OS.

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