Mobile proxies on carrier networks.

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   Many phones, one address

   Mobile carriers run out of IPv4 addresses, so they put many subscribers behind one public IP with carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT). At any moment a single carrier address carries traffic from a large number of real handsets.

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   Blocking it blocks real users

   That is the whole reason mobile proxies work. A platform that blocks a carrier IP blocks its own customers along with you, so the address gets the benefit of the doubt that a datacenter range never does.

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   Your request leaves the same way

   Your request enters our gateway and leaves through a device on a mobile carrier network in the location you picked. MaxMind classifies these exits as cellular.

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Country, region, city

Picked from locations with devices online at the moment you order, not from a static list.

Rotation

A new IP on every request, a timer from 5 to 60 minutes, or sticky for as long as the device stays online.

Authentication

Username and password.

Billing

Per GB, one-off package, no renewal. You pay for the traffic you move.

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• HTTP/2 fingerprinting: the frames and what a proxy changesHTTP2 fingerprinting reads the SETTINGS, WINDOW_UPDATE, PRIORITY and pseudo-header order a client sends first. Real values from Chrome, Firefox and Go.
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• Rotating vs sticky proxies: what breaks under each modeRotating vs sticky proxies by job: per-request IPs, 5-60 minute timers or sticky while online, what breaks under the wrong mode, and a test to run.
• Pay as you go proxies: per-GB billing, no subscriptionPay as you go proxies bill per GB with no renewal. How to estimate GB, how per-GB rates scale, whether GB expire, and when a per-IP subscription fits better.
• How do websites detect proxies? Every layer, in orderWebsites detect proxies by IP and ASN, TCP stack, TLS, headers, browser leaks and behaviour: what each layer sees, and a self-test you can run.
• proxymint Lab #1: DNS, headers and redirects on our gatewayProxy leak test results from our residential and mobile gateway: where DNS resolves per scheme, which forwarding headers arrive, and what plain HTTP gets.
• Types of proxies: datacenter, residential, ISP and mobile comparedTypes of proxies sorted by what the target sees: datacenter, residential, ISP and mobile, then by protocol, anonymity, rotation, access and billing.

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Other proxy types

• Static ISP proxiesAn ISP proxy is one ISP-registered address, assigned to your order for the whole billing term, on the stability of a server.
• Rotating residential proxiesRequests leave through real home connections on consumer ISPs, across a pool large enough to rotate on every request.
• Datacenter proxiesThe fastest tier, built for volume.