VPN killing speed

Hi Don,
Thank you for contacting AVG Community Forum. I see you are facing issues with AVG Secure VPN bring your internet speed down. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Regarding your concern, I would like to inform you that the changing the location may fix the issue. 
Kindly follow the below steps to change the location to a different server :
> Click Change on the main application screen
> Use the side menu to view all the servers in a specific continent,  or servers that are optimized for streaming.
> Select a country. For countries that offer multiple cities, click the down arrow and select your preferred city.
> Click Change location to confirm the change.
>Your location now shows as the country and city that you selected.
Thanks and Keep us updated.

Whenever I use the VPN on PC or iPhone it absolutely kills my internet speed. 

We go from 100 Mbps to 10 Mbps!

At the moment I connect via Melbourne. 

Hi Don,
Thank you for contacting AVG Community Forum. I see you are facing issues with AVG Secure VPN bring your internet speed down. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Regarding your concern, I would like to inform you that the changing the location may fix the issue. 
Kindly follow the below steps to change the location to a different server :
> Click Change on the main application screen
> Use the side menu to view all the servers in a specific continent,  or servers that are optimized for streaming.
> Select a country. For countries that offer multiple cities, click the down arrow and select your preferred city.
> Click Change location to confirm the change.
>Your location now shows as the country and city that you selected.
Thanks and Keep us updated.

should it have torrenting or not? 

Hi Daria,

We've replied to your original post.
Please check & revert to us via it to proceed further.
Thank you in advance!