What is a mobile proxy and when do you need one
A mobile proxy routes your traffic through a mobile carrier's network, so requests leave from a 4G or 5G IP assigned by an operator such as Vodafone, T-Mobile or Airtel.
Why mobile IPs are hard to block
Carriers put large numbers of real subscribers behind a small pool of public addresses through carrier-grade NAT. Blocking one mobile IP can cut off thousands of genuine customers at once, so sites are far more reluctant to do it than with a datacenter range.
What you get
- The highest trust score of any proxy type
- Natural rotation as the carrier reassigns addresses
- Mobile-specific content, where a site serves a different experience to phones
The trade-offs
Mobile capacity is the most expensive and the slowest of the four types, and the address pool is smaller. Use it where nothing else survives — hardened social platforms, app APIs, mobile ad verification — and use residential or datacenter for everything else.
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