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Testing major ISP proxy services – key findings
• ISP proxies are usually made by renting IPs from brokers and paying residential Internet Service Providers to announce the IPs on their networks ( ASNs ).
• Major proxy providers prefer selling ISP proxies in pool-based formats rather than lists .
• Their pools in the US can exceed 100,000 IPs . But compared to peer-to-peer residential proxies , they ’ re hundreds of times less diverse .
• Providers manage to contract with top American ASNs , mostly Comcast and Sprint . However , the IP ’ s owner often doesn ’ t change , which can cause issues with databases like IP2Location .
• Connections to ISP proxies succeed 99.8 % of the time and they ’ re around 35 % faster than residential proxy servers .
• It may be challenging to find locations outside the US or major European countries – and even harder to get IPs in specific cities .
• ISP proxies cost 25 % more per gigabyte than residential networks . But it is possible to get them cheaply – if you ’ re okay with the restrictions .
Therefore , understanding the ASN-ISP match helps anti-bot systems distinguish between real users and bad bots . Of course , factors like IP usage history and browser fingerprint also matter .
Proxyway looked for IPs under the 10 largest American ASNs , such as Comcast , Charter , AT & T and Verizon . The results showed that some providers prioritize having IPs from major ASNs , while others focus on IP quantity to ensure quality through a cleaner usage history .
The Bottom Line
Websites like Nike implement security measures to prevent bots from purchasing , particularly during limited edition sales . These measures include IP address monitoring and checking the IP addresses based on association with major ASNs .
ISP proxies emerged as a tool for high download speeds and almost 100 % connection success rates .
What ’ s more , ISP addresses can bypass different antibot mechanisms and provide users with hard-to-detect IP addresses . p
A Primer on ISP Proxies
ISP proxies are IP addresses you can use to hide your own .
They ’ re hosted in data centers and inherit the fast and stable connection of datacenter proxy servers . At the same time , they ’ re associated with consumer Internet Service Providers and not cloud hosting companies .
This gives ISP proxies a solid reputation in the eyes of websites , preventing premature IP-based restrictions or outright blocks .
ISP proxies initially found the most success in the sneaker scalping community , which valued connection speed and unlimited bandwidth – and faced wellprotected websites .
Predictable uptime and more transparent procurement are the other characteristics that make this proxy type a desirable choice – even in formats that meter traffic use .
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