Residential proxies · United Kingdom
Virgin Media proxies
- Network
- AS5089
- Exits on this network
- 100% when asked for it
- Share of United Kingdom exits
- 23% without the filter
- Measured
- October 14, 2026
What a website sees
The first two things a site can look up about the visitor's IP.
- Announced by
- AS5089 Virgin Media Limited · known as Virgin Media
- Reverse DNS
- …virginm.net · most exits with a name
How sites tell a home address from a server: residential vs datacenter proxies.
Where these exits were
Cities the lookup placed them in, share of the exits on this network.
- London13%
- Norwich7%
- Bath3%
- Brighton3%
- Belfast3%
- Hathern3%
- Bradford3%
- Plymouth3%
- Castle Vale3%
- Desborough3%
Plus more cities with fewer exits.
Questions
- How do I get an IP on Virgin Media?
- Add -asn-5089 to your proxy username, together with the country: USER-country-gb-asn-5089. On October 14, 2026, 100% of the exits we got this way were on AS5089.
- What happens when no exit on this network is online?
- The gateway answers 465 instead of giving you another network. Retry, or drop the filter.
- What does a website see?
- An IP that AS5089 (Virgin Media Limited) announces. Where these exits had a reverse-DNS name, it most often ended in virginm.net.
- How much does it cost?
- $1 per GB, whichever network or country you ask for. No subscription, and unused bandwidth does not expire.