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What residential proxies are for

2026-09-17

A residential proxy exits on an ISP-assigned address. Sites that block datacenter ranges will still see a normal household IP. OTA Cloud proxy plans are **traffic packs**. Unused gigabytes do not expire. You authenticate with the credentials we issue after payment — there is no hostname to “install”. **Good uses:** ad verification, price collection where the site allows it, geo QA, and tools that already speak HTTP/SOCKS. **Not a fit:** hiding illegal activity, attacking third parties, or treating this as a privacy VPN for daily browsing. Abuse reports are handled and can suspend the pack. Start at /proxy, pick a region if you need one, and top up from Client Area when the counter runs low.