OpenVPN UDP vs TCP

OpenVPN UDP and TCP use different transport behavior. UDP typically avoids TCP-over-TCP effects, while TCP can behave differently on restrictive networks. The useful answer is empirical, so the benchmark pages show both speed retention and latency over time.

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Why context matters

Secure-VPN treats the source worker, destination, provider, protocol and time window as separate dimensions. That prevents a faster source connection or a different route from being silently mixed into a single number.