I dropped $80 on a year of ExpressVPN after my city in Myanmar had a 3 day blackout last spring. It got me on Twitter and WhatsApp for about 12 hours before the speeds dropped to nothing. My buddy spent $30 on a cheaper provider and it worked fine the whole time. So is it worth going premium or is it all just luck based on your location? Has anyone else had a VPN save them or totally burn them during a shutdown?