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Mobile Internet vs Residential
 

Hi all

I am planning to operate my accounts from a country overseas that does not have UK roaming. Thus I am considering using a residential proxy. Can someone tell me how these residential proxies perform compared to say mobile IP back home in UK. Perhaps the IP addresses are just as abused as your regular VPN?

Thanks

Re: Mobile Internet vs Residential
 

Mobile hotspot is better in my opinion, i never have success when using IP burger residential.

If you have backup accounts then you can try their fresh proxy plan, but I wouldn't risk my main account.

Re: Mobile Internet vs Residential
 

Which country are you visiting where a UK sim wont work or is it simply a case of it wont be included on your plan and you'll have to pay for bandwidth.

Re: Mobile Internet vs Residential
 

Also a good option, the hotspot

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It's more of a case of me creating and operating UK accounts with IP addresses from a country that is not high up on Ebay's trust list.

Re: Mobile Internet vs Residential
 

Do you have access to UK sims?

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Yes but the roaming charges will be extortionate, so not a viable option

Re: Mobile Internet vs Residential
 

Some carriers have worldwide add-ons which can keep the cost manageable, I guess it depends on how many Gbs of data you'll be using.

I'm not peddling it as the ideal solution, just a simple solution which gives you a readily accepted IP address.

Failing that then I guess a V.P.N. is you best option, but goods ones don't come cheap either, indeed some are rather expensive.

Time to sit and do some sums I guess.

Re: Mobile Internet vs Residential
 

Yeah VPN is probably the way to go, thanks.

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If you live in both countries you can setup a remote desktop linked to a hotspot in the UK

You could control the power of both devices to turn on / off remotely

Then virtual machines per account etc

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Too much of a pain in the arse. But yes, I thought of that.

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When you use the residential IP it's not about the IP, more the host.

I've used my ipburger in many places on amazon and 0 problems.

Plus I need a service I know I can trust and have peace of mind.