Norwegian Agent: Nordic Low Latency Service

What's the point of a Norwegian agent anyway?

Recently a lot of cross-border e-commerce friends asked me, why have to use the Norwegian proxy IP? To give a real case, a buddy to do business in the Nordic fishing tackle, with the ordinary IP login Norwegian e-commerce platform is always the wind control, change the ipipgo Norwegian node, the order processing speed of the direct three times faster. There are actually two doorways hidden here:

① Localization Service Certification

Many Norwegian government websites and local platforms will detect IP affiliation, such as the fisheries export declaration system, with a foreign IP can not open the form download page. ipipgo's Norwegian residential IP can be directly displayed as the real address of the city of Bergen, which we have actually tested.

② Ridiculously low latency

Take PostNord, the largest logistics platform in Northern Europe, it takes 5-6 seconds to load a single shipment with an ordinary agent, and with ipipgo's Oslo node, you can basically swipe it out within 1 second. This gap is especially obvious in batch operation, we have measured the time gap of continuous processing 100 single can reach 8 minutes.

Hands-on configuration

Don't be intimidated by the technical jargon, it's actually a three-step process to set up a proxy (intentional typo here fixed later):

 Python Example
import requests

proxies = {
    "http": "http://用户名:密码@norway.ipipgo.com:31000",
    "https": "http://用户名:密码@norway.ipipgo.com:31000"
}

 Check the current IP
response = requests.get("https://api.ipipgo.com/ip", proxies=proxies)
print(f "Current Norway IP: {response.text}")

Focus on this port number 31000, this is ipipgo optimized channel specifically for Norway nodes. Last time, a user filled in the wrong 30000, the speed directly dropped by half, change it back on the good.

When must I use a Norwegian IP?

According to our customer service records, these three major scenarios are the most asked for:

Especially for salmon cold chain monitoring customers, they require latency <100ms. ipipgo's Bergen server room node measured average latency of 82ms, which is more than double that of competitors.

QA time

Q: Can ipipgo watch Norwegian TV?
A: No problem at all! But remember to choose the "streaming optimized" node, although the normal node can work, but watching NRK live may be stuck.

Q: Why does it sometimes show up in Tromsø?
A: This is our intelligent route protection mechanism, when the main node is congested it will automatically switch to the alternate city without affecting the use.

Q: How can business users ensure IP stability?
A: Directly to customer service to open an exclusive channel, we made a program for Volvo marine department, the IP does not change for 6 consecutive months.

Guide to avoiding the pit

Recently, I have found that some users have lost out by being cheap:

Don't believe in "Norwegian VPS".

The cost of real native IPs is more than $20 per month, and those that are priced at $5 are disguised with a virtual machine, and a check of the IP library reveals all.

② Be wary of "unlimited traffic" traps

Norwegian bandwidth costs are huge, serious service providers are billed by volume. ipipgo's flexible billing model, measured than the monthly system to save 60% costs.

Finally, a cold knowledge: Norway has the most stringent IP audit law in Europe, so the selection of service providers must look at whether there is a local compliance qualification. ipipgo is one of the few companies to get the Norwegian Post and Telecommunication Authority white list, this can save their lives in critical moments.