Lamnia gets generally mixed reviews as a VPN service. Based in the United Kingdom, the service offers 128 bit-encryption and servers located in nations that allow you to watch most of the popular streaming television sites.
Pricing & Plans
Lamnia offers dynamic and dedicated VPNs. Pricing varies depending on the package you select.
- Dynamic VPN
- Dedicated VPN
Lamnia takes several different types of payment. You may use Direct Debit, American Express, Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.
Free Trial/ Money-back Guarantee
Lamnia’s Dynamic, Dedicated & Open VPN services are all available with a Full 24 hour Free Trial.
Privacy & Anonymity
There is no logging of user activity save for a five-day log that is kept for technical support purposes. Permanent logs are not kept.
Torrent Policy
Lamnia lists no restrictions on how their service may be used. All accounts come with unlimited bandwidth.
Customer Support
Lamnia has simplified customer support. You can reach them via their contact page. They also have a helpful FAQ page.
Product Testing
You can connect to the Lamnia VPN service directly from the welcome email that will be sent to you after you sign up. There are also extensive instructions given on the website to help you set up your connection manually for the Windows and Macintosh OS X operating systems. The dialer client can also be downloaded from the company’s website.
It is also compatible with iOS, Android, and Linux however, getting it set up is a little complicated as the provider does not offer native applications.
VPN Server Locations
Lamnia has servers in multiple countries. The total number of IP addresses available through the Lamnia VPN service is not listed on their site. However, users with dedicated IP service get an IP address assigned to them while users of the less expensive shared IP VPN service get a random IP assigned to them by the server.
Countries Supported:
Speed Test
While Lamnia’s speed is average and is not as impressive as top tier VPN providers. This means if you’re planning to stream online HD videos, you should be prepared for lagging and buffering.
It unblocks a few streaming sites like Netflix and BBC iPlayer but does not unblock Hulu and ESPN.
IPCheck and DNSLeak Test
Lamnia lacks standard privacy features such as an internet kill switch and DNS leak protection.
Feature Summary
- Over 12 years of Global experience
- Dedicated & Dynamic VPN
- Supports multiple protocols: OpenVPN and L2TP/IPSec
- UK-based Support
- Free trial offering
- 20 data centers worldwide
- Covers a limited number of countries
- Can be used on multiple devices – Windows, Mac, Android, iOS
We Liked
Lamnia VPN works well with streaming platform, Netflix, and the provider actively replaces IPs that have been detected and blocked by the streaming service.
Areas for Improvement
Lamnia gets mixed reviews from most of the people who have used the service. It offers unlimited bandwidth, which is an advantage compared to some other services but does not offer OpenVPN connectivity, which is currently the most secure and fastest form of VPN access.
Users also have reported errors related to password changes.
Conclusion
Lamnia has all of the basics that most VPN services have and the unlimited bandwidth is a nice touch. The number of nations available from which you can connect is fairly limited, however, and the service has gotten some negative reviews around the Internet. It principally advertises that it is to be used for watching television and, with 128 bit encryption, its privacy potential is somewhat lacking compared to what other companies offer.
Ive used Lamnia VPN for many years with reasonable success. The passwords are constantly changed without notification, but this ongoing nuisance is nothing compared to the misleading rolling contract that I unwittingly signed up for the last time I renewed my yearly subscription.
Lamnia insist that their process of signing up indefinately is clear, but it cetainly is not the case in my situation.
They also admitted that ‘3 or 4’ customers have had similar issue and then tried to retract this comment (made in writing).
Lamnia initially agreed to refund the outstanding balance of the yearly subscription, over a week ago, and since then have ignored all my emails, with no refund forthcoming.
I have contacted the OFT and Trading Standards to investigate the process of selling and the wording and structure therefof.
Overall OK service, but highly suspect selling practices, be careful what you are agreeing to.
My comment is very similar to the first comment. I really objected to the compulsory automatic renewal which is just dodgy and bad practice. I have just cancelled the auto renewal but paid separately for a one year subscription. Lamnia never confirmed my payment or subscription renewal and have actually just disconnected me. So they have literally stolen GBP70. Their online Support is never functioning and they ignore emails. As a lawyer I am going to go against them (him) all the way, starting with a Paypal claim. DECIDE FOR YOURSELF IF THIS IS THE KIND OF OUTFIT YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH. Like Chipfork above, I have used Lamnia for a number of years because the technical service is OK but there are plenty of alternative services out there and you really do have to wonder what kind of business it is which abuses its regular customers like this. BE WARNED!
Please cancel my above review as the problem has finally been resolved.
Hi,
I have been with Lamnia a week.
My broadband runs at an average 40mb plus with FTTH, no other devices on my network. Once i connect via Lamnia it is bel;ow 3mb, so slow that I cannot watch the TV shows I signed up with them to be able to watch. All 3 emails to customer support have been ignored. I have had 3 attempts at ‘live support’ where they just re direct you to scripts, they don’t read the info that you type back.
It has really been an appalling experience
Yesterday Lamnia posted a new update with a link to supposedly make the transition easy.
As a result I lost service and for the past 24 hours have been trying to contact them by email and through their on line support site. My 5 emails have been Apparantly ignored and after an hour of trying to contact their online support line I am disgusted with them.
I had paid for a years subscription and they continued to debit my Paypal account with quarterly charges.
It seems that this company is really messed up when it comes to support and subscription accounting.
Totally agree with this. They charged my account three months early so when i complained and filed a complaint with PayPal they cut off my service. You cant get them on the phone and they treat people like crap.
Do not touch this service. My friend has had a bad experience with this provider.
Firstly there is their so called ‘money back guarantee’ which is only valid for 48 hours.
His experience was that the service was fine for a few weeks then started to deteriorate.
He also inadvertently had signed-up for a recurring yearly payment. Even though he wasn’t using their service for months they still charged him. When he complained they just kept the money even though he wan’t using their system.
As mentioned by Baron, I myself got caught up by Lamnia’s recurring paypal charging system and in fact have been double-billed as I took advantage of one of their “special offers” offering an extension to my subscription.
Despite numerous emails to their “support” desk asking for a refund, I have never even received the courtesy of a reply. I unfortunately would have to re-iterate the comments of the previous writers and would NOT recommend using them.
Actually what is now worse,they have told me that my subscription has expired, despite having paid up to mid 2016!
I had the same experience as Fed Up…they promised me a refund…then did not refund but sent me an email saying my subscription has expired…well it is valid until May 2016 !!!
The customer service of Lamnia is disgusting, they do not reply to emails or answer the phone contact numbers. They are of course very quick to take your money. Even though I had six months contract left I abandoned it and went to expressvpn which is brilliant and fast. I also use Lamnia UKTVFORYOU that is also troublesome especially live sports, keeps repeating the same bit over and over again which is a server problem not internet connection. Ordered and paid for updated MAG256 box, surprise, it hasn’t arrived!
They offered me 3 free months free with my one year service for the all channel service, SKY etc. in November they took a payment from PayPal from me 3 months early and i asked them via email to return it till February, after a bunch of emails they kept saying they would do it and never did, so i put a claim in with PayPal for a refund and told them that i would renew in February when it was due. They immediately terminated my VPN and Mag box service and refused to even discuss it. They still owe me 3 months of service that they have ripped me off. They are a despicable company.
Absolute rubbish!Customer service with this”team of experts”is basically non existent,they only want the quick-quid.
Apparently this used to be a good service but think perhaps they’ve overstretched themselves or just grown stale.
I was fixed up within an hour of contacting a different VPN provider after putting up with excuses(when they did bother to answer) for literally months