Is it worth renting an apartment in another country to set up your own residential proxy?

The biggest issue isn’t really the IP it’s whether the poker site s terms allow remote access from abroad. A legitimate Italian connection may not solve things if your actual location or residency doesn’t meet their rules
 
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KevlarMarketing said:
Think it can make sense if you actually need a stable IP in that country and can cover the extra costs. But you also need to check the apartment’s internet terms and local rules, since some connections may not allow this kind of use. For a small setup, the rent and internet costs could easily make it more expensive than other options.
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Apartments have their own internet terms? lol, I find it very strange for a internet company not allowing you to set up a proxy server in your computer.
 
ilyass42 said:
The biggest issue isn’t really the IP it’s whether the poker site s terms allow remote access from abroad. A legitimate Italian connection may not solve things if your actual location or residency doesn’t meet their rules
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Of course they don´t allow it haha that´s why I´m masking my location by using a proxy :)
 
It may make sense if you specifically need an IP from that country, but renting an apartment just for this can be expensive and complicated. You'd also need to consider the internet provider's terms, connection reliability, and the security of running equipment yourself. For most situations, there are simpler options than setting everything up on your own.
 
NoirOptic said:
It may make sense if you specifically need an IP from that country, but renting an apartment just for this can be expensive and complicated. You'd also need to consider the internet provider's terms, connection reliability, and the security of running equipment yourself. For most situations, there are simpler options than setting everything up on your own.
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You’re right that renting an apartment for this purpose could be overkill, but in this case I think it’s worth the cost considering what we would get out of it. I would also rent it with a friend, so we would each pay around €150–200 per month including rent and bills.

We would have a genuine residential internet connection and real residential verification documents.

As for the equipment, it would mainly be:

  • a computer running as a proxy server
  • a smart switch in case we need to perform a hard reset remotely
  • a system to remotely turn the computer on or reboot it if it goes down
  • a UPS to protect against possible power outages
  • maybe another small computer to monitor the main one
The apartment would be located in a small city in Italy, but not in a remote village, so the internet connection should be very reliable. And even if there are occasional outages, the connection should eventually come back. Keep in mind that I currently use a residential internet connection and a residential proxy to play poker, so this setup shouldn’t be any worse than what I’m doing now lol.

Anyway, I’m open to suggestions. What do you think could potentially go wrong with this setup?
 
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proadsempire said:
but no, the costs are not excessive, on the contrary... I tell you that there are quite easy solutions that allow you to have everything
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wouldn't the coworkspace have some sort of access to his gaming?
 
proadsempire said:
They don't have access to personal things, but only to common things... so you can rest 100% calm
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But that’s another variable that you can’t control. I’d rather pay more and have everything 100% under my control.

The worst thing that could happen would be some intruder trying to take over the apartment lol.
 
If you knew someone trustworthy in Italy, another possibility would be to have them host and manage the equipment at their place.
 
james knot said:
honestly if the account is worth enough to you that you're considering renting an apartment just for it, id first check the poker site's actual rules on playing while abroad. even with a real italian residential connection, they could still have other ways of detecting that you're not physically there. id be more worried about getting the account closed for a terms violation than the ip itself
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Yes, the site TOS must be reviewed before putting your money into an apartment. If the TOS allows playing while away from home , then you can review the technical aspects; however, taking a risk for a violation of the location aspect is not worthwhile.
 
zamblo said:
I'm playing on an online poker site that is currently very profitable for me, but it only operates within Italy. I've been using this account for the past two years while connecting to it from abroad through a static residential or ISP proxy (I use IPRoyal), and I haven't had any problems so far.

I´ve checked the ISP proxy in many proxy checker sites and it looks residential with 0% fraud score... ISP provider looks legit and so on, but of course it´s not 100% safe.

However, if my account were ever reviewed, there is a risk that they could consider the IP suspicious and close my account, which is something I really can't afford and it´s eating my mind.

Also, an account review could involve having to submit new verification documents, such as a utility bill in your name. I know they scrutinize the documents you send very carefully to make sure they aren't fake, and I don't have those kinds of documents because I don't live in Italy.

So I've come to the conclusion that, in order to secure my poker account long-term, I either need to move to Italy (which I'm not going to do — I like living close to my friends and family) or somehow make my connection 100% legitimate and also have proper verification documents available in case they ask for them.

I was thinking about renting an apartment in Italy together with another poker player in a cheap city and leaving a router and a computer there to act as a proxy server, connecting to it remotely from abroad.

There are apartments available from 400-500$ with good fiber and even in good locations in smaller cities lol.

In the event of a power outage, I would need to figure out a way to remotely turn the computer acting as the proxy back on. I'm sure there are plenty of ways to solve that.

What other things should I take into account?

Is my idea viable? I would have a 100% static residential connection and would also have verification documents available in case they asked for them.

On the other hand, I would also need to make sure that the poker application always connects through this proxy and can never connect directly and reveal my real IP. I've already had that part fairly well sorted out for years.

What do you guys think about the idea? Is it viable? Am I missing anything?

Thanks!
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thats like asking should i move abroard to buy bananas - no
 
proxygo said:
thats like asking should i move abroard to buy bananas - no
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I guess I can just take my bank bill and modify the address to fake an Italian one (just in case they review my account and ask for validation documents).


I know they have some kind of tool to detect if a validation document has been modified (electricity bill, bank bill, etfc...), but if you just edit the metadata of the document to match the original one I think is going to be too hard to notice, right?
 
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