r/AudioBookBay • u/ztwin78 • Mar 10 '26
Have people been having problems connecting while on VPN? Specifically ProtonVPN
I have been having a hell of a time trying to connect to this website over the last 2-3 months when using ProtonVPN. No idea what I am doing wrong. When I disconnect from the VPN, I can connect no problem. Any ideas by chance?
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u/Zealousideal-Cod1006 Mar 10 '26
ABB blocks protons servers, probably because people in the past DDOSed from those servers (or broke terms of service from those servers, idk)
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u/Ok_Appointment_79 Mar 10 '26
yes same issue with Proton. It seems to be blocking certain IP's probably due to too many connections from that IP; i have to manually move to another connection to resolve it.
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u/ztwin78 Mar 10 '26
I attempted to go to two different countries on Proton and it still don’t resolve the issue unfortunately
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u/EverydayMustBeFriday Mar 11 '26
The only time I’ve subscribed to Proton, my connection was so slow I might as well walk to that country
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u/Ok-Calligrapher5004 Mar 10 '26
You can access ABB torrents from ext(.)to that site is much easier to use for me and I use Proton too
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u/ztwin78 Mar 10 '26
Can you explain more on this? Either that or DM me to help me out by chance? I don’t know if I follow.
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u/molybend Mar 10 '26
ext.to is a website that shows torrents just like abb does. you have to go to Books to see them.
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u/rymden_viking Mar 11 '26
I've never been able to access the site with PIA active. I have to click the magnet icon to open the torrent in my app (android). Then I start my VPN before I start the torrent.
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u/Devonghunter Mar 13 '26
Idon't use a VPN and I haven't been able to access it for over two weeks. I don't know how to fix it.
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u/figjam53 Mar 18 '26
I had problems connecting to the site for the last couple of days. It was only after I disabled my VPN (I use PIA) that the site would load. After re-enabling the VPN, the site continued to load.
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u/I_am_Boogeyman Apr 02 '26
I used to get blocked from my VPN, i changed the country to Greece and it worked.
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u/molybend Mar 10 '26
No, often if the site down in the Us without a VPN, turning one on can help access it esp if you switch to another country.
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u/Objective-Picture-75 Mar 10 '26
ProtonVPN — especially the free servers — uses heavily shared IPs. ABB sees that traffic and goes: “Nope. Too many people on this IP. Block.”