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What “Busy” means on a location

A busy server is close to full. You can still use it, but a quieter one will usually be faster.

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Every PryVPN server learns how much it can carry and shares its bandwidth fairly between the people using it. When a server stays close to full:

  • Smart Location stops sending new people there. People already connected aren't moved.
  • In Locations it shows as Busy. If you pick it yourself, PryVPN suggests a quieter server once, and you decide.

Nobody is cut off: a busy server keeps working, it's just slower at peak times. Web pages, calls and the start of videos go first; long downloads give way a little while the server is full.

Busy servers are also how we know where to add capacity.

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