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What is a residential proxy?
A residential proxy is a proxy server that uses real residential IP addresses. Most other proxy types rely on datacenters or other servers, while residential proxies route traffic through the devices of users in residential areas. This also changes your own IP address to a residential IP address in a different area.
With residential proxies, websites canât tell that your traffic is coming from a proxy. And since some websites and services tend to ban IPs that can easily be linked to proxies, using a residential proxy is the best way to avoid such restrictions.
How are residential proxies charged?
Residential proxies are charged with our Pay per GB model. Charges are based on the amount of data (bandwidth) transferred through the proxy service.
This is similar to how mobile phone plans charge for data usage - you pay for what you consume. For instance, just as you might pay for 5GB of mobile phone data per month, you could pay for 5GB of proxy bandwidth. This model is particularly beneficial for users who need access to a wide range of IP addresses across various regions but may not have consistent or high-volume usage.
Can you generate unlimited residential proxies?
Yes! We have no limitations on proxies or concurrency with our residential bandwidth packages since theyâre charged per GB.
This means you can generate millions of different proxies and use them concurrently without worrying about rate-limiting.
What countries and cities do you support?
We support over 195 countries and every major city in the world on all residential bandwidth plans. After purchase, you can select the country or city youâd like to geolocate your proxies to.
Increasing the precision of proxy geolocation reduces the number of available proxies. We generally recommend using country-level geolocation, unless you specifically need city-based proxies. This approach provides a good balance between location accuracy and proxy pool size.
Do you offer carrier and ASN targeting?
Yes! All plans come with carrier and ASN targeting as standard and you can select from over 10,000 networks and ASNs.
Importantly, we wonât have proxies from all ASNs available but there is a strong likelihood we will have ample availability of proxies in all large carriers such as China Mobile, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Group, Bharti Airtel, China Telecom, AmÊrica MÃŗvil, China Unicom, TelefÃŗnica, Orange, Telenor, Verizon, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, MTN Group, VEON, Axiata, Ooredoo, Telkomsel, Zain Group, SoftBank, BSNL, Etisalat, Turkcell, Telecom Italia, T-Mobile US along with hundreds of others.
Limiting the ASN of your proxies reduces the number of available proxies. Unless you specifically need proxies from a specific carrier then we generally recommend leaving this feature off.
Are your proxies ethically sourced?
Yes! Ping Proxies, partner up with SDK programs and peer payment applications which compensate developers and end-users for their participation in our network.
These programs pay regular internet users to share their traffic and become a part of a proxy network.
This way, users are fairly compensated and are always well-informed about how their IP addresses might be used.
On top of that, Ping Proxies has a strict
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which helps ensure that the users donât misuse the proxy. This protects everyone within the proxy network and minimizes the amount of shady or illegal activities.