
What is a Residential Proxy? An Introduction Guide
You have probably heard about the term proxy server before. But a term that you may not be as familiar with is a residential proxy. In this article, we will sort out exactly what this is. To use Wikipedia's definition a residential proxy is "an intermediary that uses a real IP address provided by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) instead of a data center. In practice, this means that instead of connecting directly to a server, residential proxy users are able to connect to the target through residential IP addresses. There are many benefits of using a residential proxy, and we'll look closer at these as well. There are two different types of residential proxies, namely regular residential proxies and rotating residential proxies (back connect proxies). The difference betwe...