Hola! Better Internet Reviews, Features, and Download links

Hola lets you browse faster, access content blocked by your government, company or ISP and much more. If you are an American travelling abroad, unblock Hulu, Netflix, Pandora and other geographically blocked sites without needing a VPN! For Brits - you can see the BBC, iTV while abroad!

Hola is a peer to peer network that provides everyone on the planet with freedom to access all of the Web! It works through the community of its users - Hola users help you to access the web, and you help them in return when your computer is not in use. That means that when you are not using your device, you are helping others. If you want to use the network but not be a part of it, sign up for Hola premium.

Hola is available on the following platforms:

A download for Windows (7, XP, Vista - Win8 coming soon) - for Internet acceleration and unblocking of sites
An app for Android - for Internet acceleration ONLY. (unblocking feature coming soon!)
A Chrome extension - for unblocking ONLY. Runs on all operating systems that run Chrome version 22 and up, except mobile.
A Firefox extension - for unblocking ONLY. Runs on all operating systems that run Firefox version 12 and up, except mobile.

What is Hola?
• Peer to peer Internet accelerator
• Compression of about 70% of HTTP: reduces 3G data costs, and speeds up web pages
• URL Caching: reduces 3G data costs, and speeds up web pages
• Chooses the closest and fastest P2P sources
• Multiple connections: opens multiple concurrent connections to alternative servers

License

Free with limited functionality

Supported Platforms 3 notes on Hola! Better Internet's platform support

Mac Windows Linux Android Chrome OS Google Chrome Firefox

Platform comments

Mac “Available only as browser extension.”
Windows “Available as desktop application or browser extension.”
Linux “Available only as browser extension.”

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Hola! Better Internet (sometimes referred to as Hola! Unblocker, Hola!, Hola, Hola Unblocker, Hola Better Internet) was added by hook54321a in Feb 2013 and the lastest update was made in Jun 2018. There is a history of all activites on Hola! Better Internet in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on Hola! Better Internet or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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"Be aware that Hola will use you as a exit node or as an intermediate node if you're not paying for premium. If somebody does something malicious and you're the exit node then you may be liable...

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Comment by thihachilo

about Hola! Better Internet · Jun 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

This is a program I actually can't recommend anyone as it turns your computer into a VPN server. This means that every abusive action another Hola user commits on the internet you might be hold responsible for that. So, yeah, it's very hard to proof but it doesn't look good having the cops in your doorstep.

Security problems?

Comment by Danilo_Venom

about Hola! Better Internet · Jun 2015 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

8ch.net, adios-hola.org and TorrentFreak say that, using Hola, you become an exit node of p2p VPN.
According to them, during the idle period of your PC, Hola VPN sells users' bandwidth to other people, like Luminati.io

Here is the reply by Hola Ltd.

Deviated · Apr 2017

So how much bandwidth is this really “costing” you? On average about 6MB per day now, which is like an additional 3 web page loads per day or 15 seconds of a YouTube clip. You can choose this “value exchange” model, or opt out with the Hola premium ($5 per month).

https://hola.org/blog/the-recent-events-on-the-hola-network/

Hola will use you as a exit node

by Erfahrungen

about Hola! Better Internet · Feb 2015 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

"Be aware that Hola will use you as a exit node or as an intermediate node if you're not paying for premium. If somebody does something malicious and you're the exit node then you may be liable for it depending on your country of residence. If you're just an intermediate node in their P2P network then you'll have some of your upstream/downstream used up by Hola when it is running." Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/2ckpiv/not_too_long_ago_reddit_taught_me_about_hola_just/cjglk37

I've decided to give ZenMate a try instead.

Deviated · Apr 2017

There was some concern that by selling our VPN services to enterprise customers, we were possibly exposing our users to cyber criminal traffic that could get them in trouble (Thus the ‘botnet’ accusation). The reality is that we have a record of the real identification and traffic of the Luminati users, such that if a crime is committed, we can report this to the authorities, and thus the criminal is immediately identified. This makes the Hola/Luminati network unattractive to criminals - as opposed to Tor for example, which provides them complete anonymity for free.

https://hola.org/blog/the-recent-events-on-the-hola-network/

Deviated · Apr 2017

Last week a spammer used Luminati by posing as a corporation. He passed through our filters and was able to take advantage of our network. We analyzed the incident, and built the necessary measures in our processes to ensure that such incidents do not occur, and deactivated his service. We will cooperate with any investigation of the incident to ensure that he will be punished to the fullest extent.

In 2011 a hacker paid Amazon and used their servers to attack the Sony Playstation network. Following such attacks, Amazon required additional proof of identity from customers for use of their network. At Hola we learned the same lesson this past week, and will be developing technological monitoring solutions to minimize the risk of abuse.

https://hola.org/blog/the-recent-events-on-the-hola-network/

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by kjabq

about Hola! Better Internet · Nov 2013 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

Pandora is blocked in Canada, but this great little program unblocked it

by terra_shark

about Hola! Better Internet · Mar 2019 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

Actively malicious. Do not install under any circumstance.

by UlrikheLukoie

about Hola! Better Internet · Dec 2018 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

When I installed this app on my PC, I expected to get an app for the computer-wide VPN.
Instead I got a chrome browser with the add-on.
Waste of time.
Uninstalled this piece of bytes.

UnoTelly

Comment by chevysnow1234

about Hola! Better Internet · Sep 2014 · Helpful Not helpful -2 Helpful Report as spam

Great article. The DNS option is better than using a VPN regarding content streaming because you can achieve direct connection with the media station ex. Netflix and avoid the “middle-man”. Personally, I am using UnoTelly which is similar toHola. Perhaps you should check UnoTelly as well if you haven’t done so.

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