UK & European residential proxies

What is a European residential proxy?

A European residential proxy routes your requests through an IP address that a home-broadband provider assigned to a subscriber in Europe. Websites see a normal household connection, not a data centre.

That matters for local results. Search engines, shops and ad networks change what they show by country and city. A Manchester IP on Virgin Media sees what a Manchester shopper sees.

PontProxy, a no-KYC UK & Europe residential and 4G/5G proxy provider, sells these IPs per GB. One pack works in every country of the zone.

How does city targeting work?

You choose the country and city in your proxy username. There is no separate city price and no extra plan.

• country-gb selects the United Kingdom. Use two-letter ISO codes, such as de, fr or pl.
• city-london narrows the exit IP to London. Write the city in lower case, without spaces.
• session-a1b2c3 keeps the same IP across requests.
• ttl-30 sets the sticky time in minutes, up to 60 minutes.

The full format is USERNAME-country-{cc}-city-{city}-session-{id}-ttl-{minutes}. City availability depends on local IP supply. Check every exit IP with our ASN lookup guide.

curl -x http://USERNAME-country-gb-city-london-session-a1b2c3-ttl-30:[email protected]:7777 https://ipinfo.io/json

Which ISPs do the residential IPs come from?

IPs come from the main consumer broadband networks of each country. ISP and ASN targeting are included, so you can pin one network.

| Country | Main consumer networks (ASN) | |---|---| | United Kingdom | BT (AS2856), Virgin Media (AS5089), Sky (AS5607), TalkTalk (AS13285) | | Germany | Deutsche Telekom (AS3320), Vodafone (AS3209), Telefónica o2 (AS6805), 1&1 Versatel (AS8881) | | France | Orange (AS3215), SFR (AS15557), Bouygues Telecom (AS5410), Free (AS12322) | | Netherlands | KPN (AS1136), VodafoneZiggo (AS33915), Odido | | Spain | Telefónica de España (AS3352), Orange (AS12479), Vodafone (AS12430), Digi (AS57269) | | Italy | Telecom Italia (AS3269), Fastweb (AS30722), Wind Tre (AS1267) | | Poland | Orange Polska (AS5617), T-Mobile Polska (AS12912), Play (AS39603), Plus (AS8374) |

ASN holders from ipinfo.io and RIPEstat, checked 5 October 2026. Your exit IP's ASN shows in the org field of ipinfo.io.

Which protocols and session types are supported?

Every residential plan supports HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 on the same credentials.

• HTTP/HTTPS: gw.pontproxy.com, port 7777.
• SOCKS5: gw.pontproxy.com, port 7778. Use socks5h so DNS resolves at the exit.
• Rotating: leave out the session parameter, and every request gets a new IP.
• Sticky: add a session ID and a ttl, up to 60 minutes.

Sticky sessions suit logins and checkouts in test accounts. Rotating sessions suit large scraping jobs. Code samples for Python, Node.js, Scrapy and Playwright are in the quickstart guide.

What are European residential proxies used for?

Residential IPs are used to see the web as local visitors see it. Legitimate uses include:

• Price monitoring on Amazon.co.uk, Argos, Amazon.de, Otto, Idealo and Zalando.
• SERP tracking on Google from a city such as London, Berlin or Paris.
• Ad verification to check that ads and affiliate links display correctly in each market.
• Geo-testing of websites, consent banners and language redirects.
• Brand protection and market research on public pages.

Fraud, account takeover, spam and similar uses are prohibited by our Acceptable Use Policy.

Residential or mobile proxies: which should I choose?

Choose residential for most scraping, SERP and price work. Choose mobile when you need a carrier IP for app testing or mobile ad checks.

| | Residential | 4G/5G mobile | |---|---|---| | IP source | Home broadband | Carrier SIM card | | Billing | Per GB, from $0.36/GB | Per port from $4.50/day, or per GB from $1.50/GB | | City targeting | Included | Country and carrier | | Best for | Scraping, SERP, prices | App tests, mobile ads |

Compare both on the 4G/5G mobile proxies page.